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Recent Examples of squeeze play
But leadoff hitter Austin Martin failed to get down a bunt on a safety squeeze play.
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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
Laureano, the automatic runner in the 10th, got caught in a rundown on a squeeze play and some words were exchanged after a collision involving outfielder Francisco Alvarez.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 26 July 2024
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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
Laureano, the automatic runner in the 10th, got caught in a rundown on a squeeze play and some words were exchanged after a collision involving outfielder Francisco Alvarez.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 26 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squeeze play
Noun
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Infielder Juliette Merrilees batted next and delivered a safety squeeze down the first base line to tie the game 4-4.—
Tony Gleason,
Daily News,
29 Mar. 2026
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In addition to tilt and pressure sensitivity, the Apple Pencil Pro adds squeeze and delete functions to the palette, along with a new barrel roll gesture and haptic vibrational feedback.—
Cierra Cowan,
PC Magazine,
29 Mar. 2026
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The Administration’s treatment of immigration officers as a vulnerable group rests on claims that agents now face unprecedented threats.—
Oriana van Praag,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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This threat will be greatest from the southern Piedmont to the southern Sandhills and southern Coastal Plain, where little to no rain occurred Friday night.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Mar. 2026
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Rabbi Irwin Kula, the panel’s moderator, asked the participants to describe their biggest fear or nightmare.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Sacramento community advocates are sounding the alarm over fears of deep city budget cuts that could impact public safety.—
Steve Large,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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The sword was taken as evidence, and Fernandez was arrested.—
Steven Yablonski,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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From fire irons to swords, guns to clothes airers, Nesbø — who wrote the screenplay himself — finds a myriad ways to dispatch his unlucky victims, a significant number of whom also lose limbs before bleeding out.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2026
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Salt isn’t just a menace for metal.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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The alien himself is no menace to anything sound in the land.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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That Smith’s work remains little-known is all the more baffling considering the strength and depth of a retrospective now up at Keith de Lellis.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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His teammates often marvel at his strength both in the weight room and in team drills.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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After an accidental explosion in a West Village bomb factory killed three Weathermen, those who survived, shaken by their friends’ deaths, swore off deadly violence.—
Zayd Ayers Dohrn,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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Fugazi said, referencing her city’s struggle with gangs and violence.—
Connor Letourneau,
San Francisco Chronicle,
28 Mar. 2026
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But my family also remembers the complexity of that time, stories of intimidation, families caught in the middle, because history is rarely simple.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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The bill now requires the NYPD to form a plan for how to address and limit obstruction, intimidation and physical injury.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Squeeze play.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squeeze%20play. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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