squeeze plays

noun

plural of squeeze play
as in squeezes

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  1. squeezes
  2. threats
  3. swords
  4. terrors
Noun
  • Despite a growing pool of paying members, insurers face severe profit squeezes and operational strains that are reshaping how care is delivered in the Sunshine State.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Prices keep climbing Supply squeezes have led to soaring prices worldwide.
    — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of squeezes
Noun
  • Federal district judges, even at the risk of physical threats, played a key role by throttling unconstitutional White House efforts to seize state voting records, curtail mail-in voting and manipulate the count in Alaska.
    — James D. Zirin, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The rapid development of drones with their swarming tactics requires a whole new approach to firepower that can neutralize mass threats without emptying ammunition stockpiles and busting the bank.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of threats
Noun
  • Like any good high fantasy, Splintered Harmony really goes heavy on the importance and mystery of swords.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Blades Brown is a big swords guy, allegedly When your first name is Blades, you're destined to play golf at some level.
    — Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of swords
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  • Although the film is not true to some parts of the book, which caused some controversy among staunch King fans, Kubrick does bring to life the terrors King so aptly wrote about, including domestic abuse, isolation, helplessness, and alcoholism.
    — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
  • At scale, migrants and their descendants recreate the conditions, and terrors, of their broken homelands.
    — Claudia Boyd-Barrett, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of terrors
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