squishes

Definition of squishesnext
present tense third-person singular of squish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for squishes
Verb
  • This is another place where the popular imagination often compresses the problem.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The back line compresses space, the midfield disrupts passing lanes and Ferree has commanded his box with composure beyond his years.
    Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Chicken, bacon, and ranch might as well be the holy trio that squashes all fights and satisfies every hangry complaint.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Calling the deal off also squashes a host of questions Netflix insiders had about how HBO and Netflix would realistically co-exist in the same company, another staffer said.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 27 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Set to John Philip Sousa military marches, the zany spectacle mashes up a night at the Moulin Rouge with a Busby Berkeley extravaganza.
    Rachel Howard, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Cheaper pruners use a blade and anvil — essentially one sharp blade that mashes the branch against a flat surface.
    Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 30 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Frances shoves June at Boy Carteret.
    Alice Burton, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Season 2 springboards on Fisk’s strongarm rule and his mandate to clean up the streets of rebels via his brutish Anti-Vigilante Task Force, which rounds up people – echoing recent INS maneuvers – and shoves them into deplorable conditions and cages.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Carpenter wears a men’s suit jacket and squeezes Cline’s butt, and the girls kiss their own reflections.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The pencil-thin DQ Tower squeezes a full home into a very slender footprint, while the EONE XL takes a wider prefab approach to the same basic challenge.
    Stefan Ionescu March 30, New Atlas, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Pros & Cons Vizio's Mini LED Quantum 4K QLED Smart TV punches far above its weight class.
    Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The operator takes another swing, but the man ducks, punches the operator, then knocks him down, raining punches on his head before a bystander separates the two.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Noah pressures her to choose him and accuses her of being a gold digger in the process.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Businesses are either forced to absorb rising input costs, which pressures profit margins, or pass them through to clients, which adds to inflationary pressures.
    Paulina Likos,Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • But the implicit argument, that Colorado law effectively compels Jeffco to violate Title IX, is a major, predictable indictment of our legislature.
    Lisa Frizell, Denver Post, 6 Apr. 2026
  • This trust compels me to fight for the freedom Rutherford County read freely.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Squishes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squishes. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.

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