squash

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Recent Examples of squash The viral beverage is supposed to support hormone regulation during periods of chronic stress, giving you more energy, improving your sleep, and squashing food cravings. Jani Hall, Health, 8 Oct. 2025 Cameron puts on his military uniform every day filled with trepidation, good intentions and the innocence of young adulthood, plus a spirit that won't be squashed by the angriest drill instructor. Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025 Of course, Jay and Nas have long squashed their beef. Michael Saponara, Billboard, 7 Oct. 2025 Their first win of the season came in week 3 against the New York Giants, and the Chiefs kept their win streak rolling the following week, squashing the Baltimore Ravens 37-20 at Arrowhead Stadium. Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for squash
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squash
Verb
  • Try mashing a quarter of a ripe avocado and spreading it on your bread slices.
    Sarah Garone, Health, 17 Oct. 2025
  • When Guerrero mashes, playoff wins come easier.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Randrianirina said his soldiers had decided to stand with protesters and had exchanged gunfire with security forces who were attempting to quell weekend protests, and one of his soldiers was killed.
    NPR, NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Jefferies Financial Group – The investment bank rose about 3% after CEO Rich Handler sought to quell investor concerns about the bankruptcy of First Brands.
    Scott Schnipper, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For years, Russian military forces were critical to Bashar al-Assad’s ability to crush the armed rebellion against his rule.
    Danny Makki, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Continue reading … JUSTICE COSTS – Virginia parents crush fundraising goal for trans locker room fight after judge ordered massive bond.
    , FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Secret Commonwealth is the condemnation of a world where imagination—not making things up, but a way of seeing, understanding, feeling the world—is suppressed by the dual forces of cold rationality and religious fundamentalisms that breed authoritarianism.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
  • That power is often used to unfairly influence elections through massive campaign donations, to interfere with independent journalism by buying media outlets, and to suppress competition in markets.
    Scott Ellis, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Here, traditional saa paper is made by hand from the bark of mulberry trees: soaked, pulped, and pressed into delicate sheets embedded with local flowers and leaves.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
  • There is enough current in the lakes to float logs, and there was pulping activity somewhere above us.
    Robeson Bailey, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2025
Verb
  • Likewise, evil will not be defeated by the emergence of an individual Chosen One, a lone hero possessed of a wand powerful enough to subdue his enemy.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
  • To be sure, the declines in major banks were relatively subdued Thursday.
    Alex Harring,Sarah Min, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In a sector already squeezed by rising land prices, material costs, and labor shortages, those weeks of manual quantification represent millions of dollars in overhead that never swing a hammer.
    Jon Stojan, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Made mostly of muscle without a bone in their bodies, these wonderful weirdos can squeeze into spaces scarcely bigger than their eyeballs.
    Kate Siber, Outside, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This latter point gestures at Ofcom’s High Court battle with GB News earlier this year, during which the news network successfully quashed rulings made by the regulator.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
  • But with a ceasefire in place, Hamas quickly moved to quash defiance, aiming to cement the authority denied to them in the nascent agreement.
    Kara Fox, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025

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“Squash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squash. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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