Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squished
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Even when compressed up to 20 times, the accuracy is still about 60%.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
23 Oct. 2025 -
The events that unfold are compressed, both in time and in space, and the pressure is enormous.—
Karl Ove Knausgaard,
New Yorker,
21 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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In some Asian cultures, mung beans are cooked and mashed to form a sweet dessert paste.—
Jennifer Lefton,
Verywell Health,
20 Oct. 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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There was speculation that Dombrowski's comments could mean the team is trying to trade him, but Dombrowski quickly squashed those rumors, stating his importance to the team.—
Shaun McAvoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Other visitors have reported hearing coughing from the TB cabins, or being shoved even though no one was near.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
28 Oct. 2025
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That’s when one volunteer from Compañeros was shoved by an ICE agent, Orozco-Perez said.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
28 Oct. 2025
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Things reached a nadir in December 2023 when Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca stormed onto the pitch at the end of a game and punched a referee, Halil Umut Meler, in the head.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
28 Oct. 2025
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Phoenix police have offered two accounts of what happened the night a pair of off-duty officers stood by as a man was fatally punched outside a downtown club.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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But there's also concern that these programs, some funded by private donations and not used to such demand, will be financially squeezed.—
Lily Altavena,
Freep.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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George Matysik, executive director of Share Food Program, a Philadelphia food bank, told USA TODAY that food banks are already squeezed by federal funding cuts.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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And then the occasional strip club that I was forced to go to.—
Frank DiGiacomo,
Billboard,
3 Nov. 2025
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According to Adams, Koehler forced the woman from her upstairs bedroom down to downstairs, purposely disorienting her — the basis for the kidnapping charge he was also found guilty of.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
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North Korea simply may no longer feel strongly compelled to say yes.—
Will Ripley,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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The film, which screenwriter Rowan Joffé adapted from a 2014 novel of the same name by Lawrence Osborne, seems aware of the orientalist mustiness of this premise without being compelled to subvert it in any meaningful way.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Squished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squished. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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