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as in to crush
to apply external pressure on so as to force out the juice or contents of kept squeezing the bottle until the ketchup squirted all over the table

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as in to cram
to fit (people or things) into a tight space I think we can squeeze a bit more into the washing machine

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as in to earn
to get with great difficulty managed to squeeze a living by cleaning houses

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as in to push
to force one's way I was able to squeeze through the people clustered around the luggage carousel

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noun

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Recent Examples of squeeze
Verb
Noonan squeezed uncomfortably inside the fuselage, wedged amid fuel tanks and gear. Laurie Gwen Shapiro, New Yorker, 2 June 2025 The Philippou brothers know how to apply a vise-like grip to our throats from the first frame and then proceed to squeeze tighter and tighter until we’re left gasping at the bloody finale. Randy Myers, Mercury News, 28 May 2025
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Yet a margin squeeze for many companies will likely curtail business investment and hiring, JPMorgan Chase said. Paul Davidson, USA Today, 16 May 2025 There might be a squeeze for retail space in the Hamptons, but there are enough high-profile launches happening this season to make the shopping scene interesting — and a bit different for those summering on Long Island’s luxurious East End. David Moin, Footwear News, 24 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for squeeze
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Verb
  • After collapsing under the weight of 130 points in a crushing Game 4 loss, Tom Thibodeau’s squad regrouped and unleashed an inspired performance at that end of the court to fend off elimination.
    C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 30 May 2025
  • Ulta Beauty — The beauty retailer’s shares rallied 9% after the firm raised its annual profit forecast and crushed expectations with its quarterly results.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 30 May 2025
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  • The city’s extensive labyrinth of catacombs was nearby as well, underground ossuaries crammed full of the skeletal remains of millions of Parisians.
    Anelise Chen June 3, Literary Hub, 3 June 2025
  • Open spaces and gardens were crammed with cane, cacti, fig trees and pigeon coos.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
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  • Gannett may earn revenue for audience referrals to Jackpocket services.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 29 May 2025
  • Vogue may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers.
    Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 29 May 2025
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  • Eventually, they were so thoroughly compressed that nuclear fusion got going—and boom, the very first stars lit up the universe.
    Robin George Andrews, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2025
  • Costello neatly compressed the clichés of political pop.
    Armond White, National Review, 28 May 2025
Verb
  • The defending champion Philadelphia Eagles have drawn the blueprint on perpetually pouring resources into the front seven on defense, consistently plucking players from SEC schools and throwing them onto an assembly line of quarterback mashers.
    Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 22 May 2025
  • Women dominate the lower tiers of tea labor, from plucking to packaging and remain vastly underrepresented in management, ownership, or policy influence.
    Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
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  • As Nuno pointed out, the player of the season award could reasonably have been renamed the ‘team of the season award’ during a campaign in which Forest followed up back-to-back fights against relegation by pushing for Champions League qualification.
    Paul Taylor, New York Times, 28 May 2025
  • Some of the administration's pressure tactics: threatening to take away Harvard's non-profit status, freezing $3 billion in federal grant dollars, barring the university from enrolling foreign students, and pushing Congress to increase taxes on university endowments.
    Davis Winkie, USA Today, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • Harley has become something of a darling in the wake of his success at the 4 Nations Face-Off, and after eating massive minutes with Heiskanen out injured.
    Max Bultman, New York Times, 1 June 2025
  • LuPone is the darling of Broadway, her standout turns as Eva Perón in Evita and Rose in Gypsy paving the way for an illustrious career onstage and near-constant run-ins with her stage-sharers.
    Raven Smith, Vogue, 28 May 2025
Verb
  • Utility man Zach McKinstry, also pressed into more responsibility, is having his own career year, going from hitting .215 to .266.
    Sam Settleman, New York Times, 31 May 2025
  • When elections are held, Netanyahu will most likely press the two rivals to run again on a single ticket.
    Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025

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“Squeeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squeeze. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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