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squishes

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present tense third-person singular of squish

as in compresses

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In agentic environments, though, the interval between anomaly and action compresses to near zero.

— Jay Limburn, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
The consumer version compresses that same idea into a ring, watch or app.

— Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 3 July 2026

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Created by Chicago painter Nathaniel Mary Quinn, the image mashes up caricatures of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ron Wood into a glorious grotesquerie that channels the colorful glam-trash aesthetics of the band’s late-’70s phase.

— Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 13 July 2026
The Nike Air Max Joga Bonito R9 mashes up the boot Ronaldo wore for the 1998 World Cup with the Air Max 95.

— Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 22 June 2026

Definition of mashes

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Here in the famous Festival Theatre, the sprite Ariel, played in splendidly sprightly fashion by Marissa Orjalo, opens up the top of a piano, a piece of island flotsam and Prospero, in the form of the veteran actor Geraint Wyn Davies, shoves his coat inside, throws up his hands and closes the lid.

— Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
In the video, the officers appear to shout at the man walking near multiple vehicles before a group shoves the man toward the sidewalk.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 18 June 2026

Definition of shoves

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Ghiggia gallops in from the right and squeezes a finish in at the near post to win the cup for Uruguay in the Maracana.

— Adam Hurrey, New York Times, 17 July 2026
As a result, food inflation squeezes the amount of money people have left over to buy things like Levi's jeans and plane tickets, which brings us to our next earnings preview.

— Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 5 July 2026

Definition of squeezes

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As the officer is pinned down, one person repeatedly punches her in the head while another appears to strike her with an unidentified object before a second officer intervenes.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026
Plus, the contrast stitching throughout both the top and shorts gives it a polished look that punches well above its $37 price tag.

— Jill Layton, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026

Definition of punches

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The piece is over before the mental picture really develops, which only compels me to start it over again.

— Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 14 July 2026
Further, since a charging order compels an LLC to re-direct distribution payments to the creditor, the appeals court further mused that such was enough to create standing since the LLCs needed to know who to pay.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

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