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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
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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.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
9 Oct. 2025
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If prices rise, a rush to close short positions can lead to a short squeeze where traders pile back into the asset, pushing prices higher.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
8 Oct. 2025
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Increment 4 program, which aims to equip smaller, faster vehicles with scalable turrets capable of tackling a range of threats.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Oct. 2025
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Even with fewer boaters on the water, the threat of aquatic nuisance species infiltrating your favorite lake remains.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Oct. 2025
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Last week, the VIX—Wall Street’s fear gauge—spiked to its highest level since April before easing, amid new trade policy uncertainties.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2025
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Amazon Web Services suffers widespread outage MAJOR HEADLINES BAYOU MYSTERY – Democrat mayor's 'gaslighting' amid serial killer fears called out by grieving family.—
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FOXNews.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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The original sword requested by administration officials was given to Eisenhower in 1947 by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025
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In the end, when Malcolm pulls out a sword on him, Brian is given little choice but to kill Malcolm in front of Ellen in the ensuing battle, tainting the start of the happy couple’s life together.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Oct. 2025
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What had started as a cute date spot had quickly turned into a noise menace, Feder-Johnson and other tenants say.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
14 Oct. 2025
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Niko Mikkola The big-bodied Mikkola set career highs offensively last season in goals (six), assists (16) and points (22) while still being a menace defensively.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
7 Oct. 2025
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In a struggle that eventually leads to Jayson holding Maeve hostage outside, Grasso musters strength and shoots Jayson in the head, in a small act of vengeance for Lizzie.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Oct. 2025
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Meantime, continued strength at LongHorn has been driven by improving taste, service and quality metrics, per the analyst.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
20 Oct. 2025
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But Afghan-Pakistan relations have soured amid an uptick in militant violence against Pakistan.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
15 Oct. 2025
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Given the previous behavior of Netanyahu and the Hamas leadership, there is every chance that violence might erupt again.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
14 Oct. 2025
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Would-be autocrats create environments of fear and powerlessness, using intimidation, overwhelming force or political and legal attacks, and other coercive tactics to force acquiescence and chill democratic pushback.—
Shelley Inglis,
The Conversation,
19 Oct. 2025
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Here in America, ICE no longer acts like an agency of law enforcement but like an instrument of intimidation.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Squeeze play.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squeeze%20play. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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