as in crouching
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 squatting
Mahayahay Elementary School, located in the province of Davao Occidental, shared footage on social media showing frightened students squatting on the ground and then scurrying away when a canopy roof collapsed during the quake.
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David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
Corvette, particularly, feels outside of it all, as a woman who dreams of being a designer herself but is currently squatting in a closed fast food chicken shop and being haunted by a boulder of debt (like, literally).
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ABC News,
20 May 2026
In a new technical blog, the company demonstrated Atlas rotating its torso 180 degrees, squatting to pick up a mini-fridge, and transporting it while dynamically adjusting to shifting internal weight.
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Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
19 May 2026
In one version of the game, guests took turns squatting to grab a paper bag or box with their teeth.
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Lily Hautau,
CNN Money,
3 May 2026
To avoid straining, and therefore hemorrhoids, people can prop their feet up on stools or even stacks of old magazines to create more of a squatting position than sitting on toilets typically creates, Qureshi said.
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Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC news,
29 Apr. 2026
That breakout season prompted him to USC, and, later, Oregon, where, as a first-team All-American, Pregnon fully matured while benching 465 pounds and squatting 655.
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Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2026
Police said Tejada and Alston were squatting in the apartment when Vitels showed up to move either herself or someone else in.
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Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
Ion has been squatting in the basement of an apartment building, which is set to be levelled to make way for a luxury hotel called the Kontinental Boutique.
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Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
Corvette, particularly, feels outside of it all, as a woman who dreams of being a designer herself but is currently squatting in a closed fast food chicken shop and being haunted by a boulder of debt (like, literally).
—
ABC News,
20 May 2026
In a new technical blog, the company demonstrated Atlas rotating its torso 180 degrees, squatting to pick up a mini-fridge, and transporting it while dynamically adjusting to shifting internal weight.
—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
19 May 2026
In one version of the game, guests took turns squatting to grab a paper bag or box with their teeth.
—
Lily Hautau,
CNN Money,
3 May 2026
To avoid straining, and therefore hemorrhoids, people can prop their feet up on stools or even stacks of old magazines to create more of a squatting position than sitting on toilets typically creates, Qureshi said.
—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC news,
29 Apr. 2026
That breakout season prompted him to USC, and, later, Oregon, where, as a first-team All-American, Pregnon fully matured while benching 465 pounds and squatting 655.
—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2026
Police said Tejada and Alston were squatting in the apartment when Vitels showed up to move either herself or someone else in.
—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
Ion has been squatting in the basement of an apartment building, which is set to be levelled to make way for a luxury hotel called the Kontinental Boutique.
—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squatting
crouching
Verb
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Bystander video captured the sound of at least seven shots and showed people crouching and running for cover.
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Bystander video captured the sound of at least seven shots and showed people crouching and running for cover.
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“Squatting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squatting. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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