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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squeeze plays
Noun
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That limits the ability for unexpected good news to trigger short squeezes that send the stock flying.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2026 -
First, they are set up for serious short squeezes because the surrounding verbiage is so toxic.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Some of the bettors, who’d put money against such a missile reaching Israel on March 10, even made death threats against him.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
25 Apr. 2026
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In countries like Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, the push to develop local mineral value chains has taken the tone of negotiating higher equity stakes in mining projects for the government, accompanied by threats of seizures and hostile takeovers.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The yarns of Joe Turner interweave gradually, everyday chit-chat, bargaining, and flirtation interlocking over time with threads of mysticism — both the ghosts of a brutal history and the ancestral spirits that stand protective and defiant like a phalanx of angels with shining swords.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
26 Apr. 2026
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Will this new serving of swords and the supernatural have the power?—
Mark Meszoros,
Twin Cities,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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And there will surely be a cascade of tears and terrors in-between.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
15 Apr. 2026
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Still, Levack’s film offers terrors and troubles of a different stripe.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
15 Apr. 2026
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