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Recent Examples of squish
The diner is squished between a bank and post office.
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Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
These are some of the oldest rocks on the planet—they’ve been heated, squished, melted, and faulted multiple times as Earth went through the growth, collision, and breakup of continents before being worn down by ice and exposed today.
—Howard Lee, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
His stories have more sway and squish to them.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
Plus, the door pockets are large enough to hold a Yeti or Stanley water bottle plus a Venti cup of coffee from Starbucks without squishing them in there.
—Kristin Shaw, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
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Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
These are some of the oldest rocks on the planet—they’ve been heated, squished, melted, and faulted multiple times as Earth went through the growth, collision, and breakup of continents before being worn down by ice and exposed today.
—Howard Lee, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
His stories have more sway and squish to them.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
Plus, the door pockets are large enough to hold a Yeti or Stanley water bottle plus a Venti cup of coffee from Starbucks without squishing them in there.
—Kristin Shaw, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for squish
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squish
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The new system compresses that capability into a device spanning just a few square centimeters, without sacrificing power, pulse duration, or bandwidth.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
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The cubes work by simply filling them up with clothes, zipping them shut, then using the middle zipper to compress clothes down to a much smaller package.—
Erin Cavoto,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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Want to know what a stunning defeat sounds like? Squishing and squooshing.—
Jacob Feldman,
SI.com,
8 Sep. 2017
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In a mortar and pestle, mash the anchovies and garlic into a paste.—
Katie Parla,
Saveur,
30 Oct. 2025
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Kyle Schwarber and Pete Alonso mashed their way through the National League East for the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets for years.—
Tim Crowley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Then there’s the carrot and squash puree, essentially mashed potatoes without the potatoes, but with the cream and butter.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Common confirmed the beef was squashed from his side from that point forward and compared Joe’s intervention to a scene straight out of a movie.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
31 Oct. 2025
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But when push comes to shove, will the Millers be able to start fresh?—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
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After shoving a shark up to the surface, the orcas rolled it onto its back.—
Ashley Balzer Vigil,
Scientific American,
2 Nov. 2025
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The polls had him on top for months, and his decision to focus his mayoral campaign on cost-of-living issues proved to be the right one in a city where residents are increasingly squeezed between growing rents and ever costlier public services.—
Newsweek Contributors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Aid is declining and rising debt is squeezing public budgets.—
Obiageli Ezekwesili,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Japan has punched above its weight on the global cultural stage for generations, but Hollywood studios have long regarded the country as one of the world’s most challenging places to shoot.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
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Vote of confidence Heweliusz represents a huge vote of confidence from Netflix in CEE as the streamer celebrates its decade in a region that punches above its weight and has a bustling local entertainment sector.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto shut the door, forcing a game-ending double play and earning his third win of the series.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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Rojas, a light-hitting infielder, hit an unexpected home run in the ninth inning of Game Seven to tie it and force extra innings, when the Dodgers won it.—
Steve Futterman,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Squish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squish. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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