as in squeezing
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
charged that the used-car dealer had been shorting customers for years
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Recent Examples of shorting
The high-momentum long-short basket – a strategy of owning the most persistent outperformers and shorting the deepest laggards – has only gained 20% or more over three months 11 times before today.
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 19 May 2026
On second thought, shorting security stocks might be a bad idea.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Stanton demonstrates his battery by shorting the coils, which halts the pendulum due to the magnetic field’s braking effect.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2026
Use clam shell-type products to keep water from getting into the connection point and shorting out the lights.
—Kylie Petty, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Dec. 2025
In the past, active investment managers could negate overvalued stocks by selling or shorting them.
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 7 Nov. 2025
Social media users also raised concerns about anonymous accounts holding crypto wallets that may have benefited from shorting the crypto market — and whether insider trading could have been involved.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
To stop the blocks from shorting out while stacked together, the researchers separated the blocks with a thin plastic sheet of polypropylene.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Aug. 2020
Michael Santoli, CNBC, 19 May 2026
On second thought, shorting security stocks might be a bad idea.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Stanton demonstrates his battery by shorting the coils, which halts the pendulum due to the magnetic field’s braking effect.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2026
Use clam shell-type products to keep water from getting into the connection point and shorting out the lights.
—Kylie Petty, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Dec. 2025
In the past, active investment managers could negate overvalued stocks by selling or shorting them.
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 7 Nov. 2025
Social media users also raised concerns about anonymous accounts holding crypto wallets that may have benefited from shorting the crypto market — and whether insider trading could have been involved.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
To stop the blocks from shorting out while stacked together, the researchers separated the blocks with a thin plastic sheet of polypropylene.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Aug. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shorting
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Carting around unhappy campers in 100-degree weather and squeezing work into a shorter window is not exactly being poolside with a marg.—
Abby McCloskey,
Twin Cities,
4 June 2026
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The defense is disciplined, squeezing pressure from its trio of wings.—
Esfandiar Baraheni,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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Greg de la Garza, Miami The Republican Party of Florida is cheating and getting away with it.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
30 May 2026
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In the course of reality TV’s 20-some-odd years golden era, a cheating scandal is almost as certain as a public screaming match in an unsuspecting local restaurant.—
Alexandra Hildreth,
Vogue,
29 May 2026
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Each following June, Kvaratskhelia would repeat the ritual, plucking the early growers from the tree.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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The only thing that prevented a shutout was Ross Colton plucking in a rebound off Brent Burns’ sniper off Hart’s chest.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
23 May 2026
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The sun’s connection to Saturn shows that sticking it out was the right call.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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That's not to say fundamental investors should be ostriches, sticking their heads in the ground and avoiding the big picture and market trends.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
1 June 2026
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The ball trickled behind second, and Hoerner kept going, hustling his way to second.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Over the past few years, Google has been hustling to reinvent its business for the AI age, trying to keep consumers in the habit of going to its search page as chatbots from startups such as OpenAI and Anthropic become more popular.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Put the stopper back in the sink before re-screwing the pivot nut, horizontal rod, and sliding your under sink items back into place.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
8 May 2026
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Finally, the professional will install hangers to reinforce your gutters before screwing the mesh guard on top.—
Faith Wakefield,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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Fallout from the scandal, compounded by the Labor Party’s stinging local election losses, has tanked Starmer’s poll numbers.—
Jill Lawless,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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Sacramento Stingers California’s capital city has a number of prominent entities represented by flying, stinging insects.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
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Denny Hamlin, Christopher Bell and Chase Briscoe beating and banging all the way to the checkers.—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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Competitor Ross saw comparable sales jump a staggering 17%, beating expectations of 9%, and also attributed some of its outsize growth to extra stimulus.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,
CNBC,
1 June 2026
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“Shorting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shorting. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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