squatted

past tense of squat
as in crouched
to lie low with the limbs close to the body a detective squatting to examine something on the ground

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Recent Examples of squatted Brockington squatted 664 pounds, breaking his own record from last year by 50 pounds, and posted a vertical jump of 42 inches. Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025 Emilie Schleer, a 37-year-old mother of two, spoke of the brazen break-in that occurred at her South End home in July, when a homeless woman squatted in her residence while her family was away for the weekend. Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025 She’s squatted on her heels within a tight copse of five or six stones leaning like dolmens, chin on chest as if an engrossing thing lies between her feet. Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025 The 6-4, 325-pound Orange, who spent much of his offseason refining his diet, has benched 450 pounds, squatted 650 and cleaned 365. Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
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  • In a video shared by media agency Nashville Experience on Instagram, Urban crouched down to ask a fan her name while interacting with the crowd, but was caught off guard by her response.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Allsup, crouched in a small crate, looked quietly apprehensive.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
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  • In the streets of Khan Younis, dozens of men huddled around a single television, whistling and cheering.
    Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
  • As much as the action, which is tightly cut and usually alternates confidently between characters frantically on-the-move and other characters huddled in claustrophobic spaces, the storylines are held together by the performances.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025

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“Squatted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squatted. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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