Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squishing
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TDEs generally occur when stars venture too close to the supermassive black holes that sit at the heart of large galaxies, resulting in the immense gravity of these cosmic titans simultaneously squashing the stellar body horizontally while stretching it vertically.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
18 Feb. 2026 -
He was immediately taken aback to learn that the process required first squashing the breast flat.—
Erik German,
Fortune,
15 Feb. 2026
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This Quince jacket is a personal favorite, providing substantial warmth while still compressing easily into a backpack once the day heats up.—
Jacqueline Dole,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Feb. 2026
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Last year, there were two weeks between the end of the Australian Open and the start of the Qatar Open, but this year there was just one, compressing players’ recovery time and travel time after the first Grand Slam of the year.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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Credit those 4,000-plus pounds of curb weight with mashing down bumpy roads into something more pleasant.—
Marty Padgett,
The Drive,
26 Feb. 2026
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With the team already mashing the Philadelphia 76ers, Jose Alvarado raced down the court.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2026
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But in the background, financial markets keep punching above their weight.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
24 Feb. 2026
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Newhuis is accused of later returning and assaulting the manager by punching him multiple times, police said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Feb. 2026
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Police were called to step in when there was shoving and punches being thrown.—
Julia Avant,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Pippen further escalated the altercation by forcefully shoving Gardner in response.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Feb. 2026
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Abruscato got his own table nearby, while Coogan and Hays sat across from me, squeezing into a small wooden booth.—
Diego Lasarte,
New Yorker,
25 Feb. 2026
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Hoshoryu, at six foot two and around 330 pounds, dispatched his first adversary handily, squeezing him like an accordion and dancing him out of the ring.—
Joshua Hunt,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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Surveillance footage showed three people dressed in dark clothing forcing him into a white SUV and speeding off, investigators said.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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The city subway system was also running with delays, including massive backups at multiple stations in Brooklyn after C trains were taken off the tracks, forcing all A trains to run local.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Squishing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squishing. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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