shoehorns

present tense third-person singular of shoehorn
as in crams
to fit (people or things) into a tight space the organizers of the county fair shoehorned the craft booths between the midway and the farm exhibits

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Recent Examples of shoehorns Disney is hardly new to the business of calculated nostalgia, but the way this film shoehorns in Chad Michael Murray’s character, Jake — despite it making zero plot sense to pull Anna’s former high school flame back into the story — seems particularly shameless. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
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  • View gallery - 9 images The Cabana tiny house squeezes a lot of house into a length of just 20 ft (6 m).
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Aug. 2025
  • As the video goes on, Jelly Roll playfully squeezes Bunnie's backside and the two share a kiss.
    Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2025
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  • And don't forget the mini space rover that loads into the cargo pod.
    John Mihaly, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Garfield loads Hank with chummy physicality.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025

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“Shoehorns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoehorns. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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