squeezed off

past tense of squeeze off
as in fired
to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force the hunter waited for the deer to start feeding, then squeezed off several rounds

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Recent Examples of squeezed off Pazmiño thinks these routes will get only more popular with traffickers as the Caribbean routes are squeezed off. Ana María Cañizares, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
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  • In a statement to the Washington Examiner, Osborn fired back by criticizing Ricketts, whose family owns the Chicago Cubs and founded brokerage firm TD Ameritrade, as an out-of-touch politician reliant on support from corporations and industries.
    Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The Knicks fired head coach Tom Thibodeau over the summer, replacing him with Mike Brown, who should be able to spruce up the team's offense while preserving the Thibodeau-era elements that worked.
    Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
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  • Kobo originally launched the apparel brand Torn by Ronny Kobo in 2009, with a relaunch in 2017 to the now-eponymous label’s name.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The Horror Collective, the genre banner of Shaked Berenson’s (Slaxx, Turbo Kid, Tales of Halloween) Entertainment Squad that is championing independent horror filmmakers, has launched a genre streaming service, appropriately called BloodStream.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Squeezed off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squeezed%20off. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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