Thesaurus results for SQUOOSHING

squooshing

verb

present participle of squoosh

as in squishing

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Laser fusion follows another route, compressing and heating a tiny fuel pellet so reactions occur before the fuel disperses.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
Glaciers could re-form if carbon pollution declines substantially and temperatures drop enough to enable snowfall to build year-round, eventually compressing again into glacial ice, but that may take several hundred years, Menounos added.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of compressing

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Netanyahu has triumphed in squashing Israeli support for Palestinian national aspirations and normalizing military confrontation with Iran.

— Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 27 Oct. 2026
Instead of squashing a volume into an area, these universes seem to cram all the dimensions into a lone quantum point.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of squashing

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Video shows a Pine-Richland football player punching a Plum player in the head during a game, prompting calls for accountability.

— CBS News, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
Anthony David Lizardo, 28, was arrested Sunday on a second-degree murder charge stemming from an incident where he was seen punching a man repeatedly in downtown Miami, according to his arrest report.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of punching

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The video from student cameras on Friday shows pushing and shoving before a Pine-Richland player throws a punch at a Plum player's head.

— CBS News, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
The agent appeared to point their gun at the neighbor’s face before shoving him into a row of hedges.

— Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of shoving

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For an octopus, squeezing into tight spaces can provide an escape route and access to prey that other marine creatures cannot easily reach.

— Reuters, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2026
Much of the growing opposition to data centers has come from rising electricity prices, which are squeezing Americans in a time of already high prices and cost of living.

— Shannon Osaka, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of squeezing

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The action revolves around the theft of Santa’s magic bag by a naughty elf, forcing him to enlist the help of a thief called Vance, played by Reacher star Alan Ritchson, to get it back.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2026
But what begins as emulating her mother’s favorite role-playing game turns fantastical, as the RPG itself bleeds into the real world, channeling Hattie’s grief and forcing her to rely on her father once more.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 2026

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