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Recent Examples of shoehorn
They were adapted from existing internal combustion engine platforms, with the electric powertrains shoehorned inside.
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
The questions suggest that the commissioners want to see something better than what is offered at Portside Pier, where a second floor walkway was shoehorned into the project after its design, creating a sometimes-awkward experience for restaurant patrons and the public.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
The Bundestrainer prioritized squad building over trying to shoehorn big personalities into the team.
—Manuel Veth, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
The matches are shoehorned into the tournaments, often on outer courts and at odd times.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
The questions suggest that the commissioners want to see something better than what is offered at Portside Pier, where a second floor walkway was shoehorned into the project after its design, creating a sometimes-awkward experience for restaurant patrons and the public.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
The Bundestrainer prioritized squad building over trying to shoehorn big personalities into the team.
—Manuel Veth, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
The matches are shoehorned into the tournaments, often on outer courts and at odd times.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoehorn
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The Second Division table showed Glossop were bottom at the time and Arsenal top, and the big crowd cramming into the small ground in the Derbyshire hills expected to see — and did see — the visitors dominate and score freely.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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But Tara’s sensualism also isolates her, emphasizing the narrowness of a life crammed with dead things.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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As an architectural blacksmith, Guillory favored Japanese denim jeans—a balance of craftsmanship and professionalism—for client meetings squeezed between long days welding staircases and chandeliers.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
11 Nov. 2025
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But their arrival has coincided with a spike in housing prices, which has squeezed many locals out of the market.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
11 Nov. 2025
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After the goal, the TNT broadcast showed Binnington apparently stuffing the milestone puck into his hockey pants but an official confronted him.—
Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Turducken is a partially de-boned turkey stuffed with a de-boned duck that has been stuffed with a de-boned chicken.—
Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Shoehorn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoehorn. Accessed 21 Nov. 2025.
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