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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  • The dance began with Irwin crouched atop a Jeep suped up for safari, with the junior conservationist correspondingly decked in the head-to-toe khaki uniform made famous by his dad.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
  • In one instance, a colleague entered Aber’s office to find an inmate crouched under his desk, according to an affidavit filed against Aber in the criminal case.
    Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025
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  • Meatball huddled with his bent cops, to figure out how to shut Kearney up once and for all.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Much of that time, the first responders huddled at either end of the hallway, many of them outside Marin-Franco’s classroom.
    Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025

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“Squatted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squatted. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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