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Recent Examples of squeeze play
Fermin’s sixth-inning bunt on the safety squeeze play that scored Laureano was his fourth sacrifice hit with the Padres, which is tied for third on the team behind Luis Arraez (10) and Martin Maldonado (six).
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
But leadoff hitter Austin Martin failed to get down a bunt on a safety squeeze play.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 15 Aug. 2025
San Francisco executed a squeeze play — Brett Wisely bunting, Ramos scoring.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
Little Margin for Error Image Near the end of his shift, the controller handling both helicopters and commercial jets tried to pull off a complicated, and potentially risky, maneuver called a squeeze play.
—Kate Kelly, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
But leadoff hitter Austin Martin failed to get down a bunt on a safety squeeze play.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 15 Aug. 2025
San Francisco executed a squeeze play — Brett Wisely bunting, Ramos scoring.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
Little Margin for Error Image Near the end of his shift, the controller handling both helicopters and commercial jets tried to pull off a complicated, and potentially risky, maneuver called a squeeze play.
—Kate Kelly, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squeeze play
Noun
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Hand-squeeze one ounce of lime juice into the glass and top with a Ranch Water All Día.—
Claudia Alarcón,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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European carriers face a squeeze for similar reasons.—
Anton L. Delgado,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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Walter Urbon then flew out to right to end the threat.—
Jose de Jesus Ortiz,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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At its height nearly 20 years ago, India’s leader described the Maoists as the country’s biggest internal security threat, a blight on its status as the world’s largest democracy and its aspirations of becoming a global power.—
Dhruv Tikekar,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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All of my rage and fear and wonder.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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The computing power needs, the competition from Anthropic, the potential for a more business-to-business stream of revenue, the fear that all of the big institutions that own it will want to cash out, makes this one plain fraught.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
31 May 2026
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The sword serves as a warning to invaders, and there have been plenty over the centuries.—
Lori Rackl,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2026
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With simple syrup the clash of the liqueurs is too sharp, the flavor equivalent of swords clanging together.—
Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
30 May 2026
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His trademark cool was sidelined by a more demonstrative style, closer to the theatrical sensibilities of 2Pac than the muted menace that once defined him.—
Jayson Buford,
Rolling Stone,
3 June 2026
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The 5-foot-11, 218-pound Dowdle is a little more upright than the compact, 5-8, 208-pound Warren, who still prides himself on being a menace in pass protection.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
31 May 2026
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Clark is finally at full strength again after, hampered by a groin injury, played in only 13 games a year ago.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
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Smith, who had been the strength coach at American Heritage, was promoted to head coach of the football program.—
Bruce Feldman,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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As Rose grapples with the gaps in her memory, the two encounter danger and violence.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
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But that is likely to matter little in the vote, with the ruling Prosperity Party expected to dominate amid a fragmented opposition and ongoing violence.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
31 May 2026
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Eyob Mesafint, leader of EZEMA, Ethiopia’s largest national opposition party, acknowledged the arrest and intimidation of his party members.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
31 May 2026
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The department said in the statement that Jacobs was booked into Brown County Jail on charges of domestic abuse battery, domestic abuse criminal damage to property, domestic abuse disorderly conduct, strangulation and suffocation, and intimidation of a victim.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2026
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“Squeeze play.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squeeze%20play. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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