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Recent Examples of shoehorn
Since then, these standalone console titles have mostly disappeared, been shoehorned into an Ultimate Team mode or moved to mobile.
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Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 14 Mar. 2026
That bill was watered down, however, and eventually got shoehorned into the one that passed Friday.
—Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 7 Mar. 2026
The best of the genre allow for more complexity than this one and don’t try quite so hard to shoehorn so much into 90 minutes.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
The most notable is the AC-Bristol, which inspired Carroll Shelby to shoehorn Ford’s 260 ci V-8 into the tiny AC bodyshell, the rest of which has its own rich history.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2026
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Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 14 Mar. 2026
That bill was watered down, however, and eventually got shoehorned into the one that passed Friday.
—Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 7 Mar. 2026
The best of the genre allow for more complexity than this one and don’t try quite so hard to shoehorn so much into 90 minutes.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
The most notable is the AC-Bristol, which inspired Carroll Shelby to shoehorn Ford’s 260 ci V-8 into the tiny AC bodyshell, the rest of which has its own rich history.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoehorn
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Former clients described Motta encouraging people to get surgeries, and others discussed one particularly shameless episode in which a large church van, crammed with prospective plaintiffs, intentionally collided with a truck.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Kim Kardashian has crammed a lot into her career.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2026
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Focusing on everyday shapewear, Yummie hugs instead of squeezes like traditional shapewear that can be extremely tight and constrictive.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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All movies need a 45-day exclusive theatrical window, because small and mid-budget movies that hit streaming sooner are getting squeezed.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
11 Apr. 2026
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After Frankel stuffed Stacey on a point-blank shot from the slot due to a Boston turnover, Stacey engaged in pleasantries with a pile of Fleet sweaters in front of the blue paint.—
Jason Cooke,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2026
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Tyler Cameron happily stuffs his face at the launch of Panera's new salad stuffers during an intimate dinner in New York.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Shoehorn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoehorn. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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