wedge

as in to squeeze
to fit (people or things) into a tight space managed to wedge one last book onto the bookshelf

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Recent Examples of wedge The first units that arrived found the man wedged headfirst in the middle portion of the slide. Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2025 First responders found the man wedged in the middle portion of the slide. Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 17 Aug. 2025 With nowhere else to go, survivors likely returned to the ruins, living in an ash desert and looking for remnants of their homes and items — and sometimes in the process unearthing remains of victims, like the skeleton of a horse found wedged between two beams in the Insula Meriodionalis. Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025 Plant labels — those informative plastic stakes wedged into pots — will always identify the amount of sun a plant requires. Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wedge
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  • Industry leaders such as Denmark’s Orsted, Siemens Gamesa, and General Electric have been squeezed by rising component prices, high interest rates, and wavering government support.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
  • At the same time, corporations and government agencies have enforced return-to-office mandates that disproportionately squeeze caregivers.
    Richard Fowler, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In today’s streaming era, many shows try to cram as much content as possible into limited episodes, aiming to quickly hook viewers in hopes of renewal.
    Braedon Montgomery, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The Israeli military has carried out heavy bombing and ground attacks on Gaza City in recent days, eyewitnesses and Palestinian authorities say, choking vital services and leaving hundreds of thousands of people crammed into an ever-shrinking area.
    Mahmoud Atef, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
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  • Other popular choices are the ravioli stuffed with lobster and served with tarragon pesto sauce and bisque foam; the seafood and basil risotto, and the puff pastry millefeuille filled with eggplant cream and coming with tomato panzanella salad and Espelette pepper.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The video shows a couch completely destroyed, with stuffing pulled out and the frame exposed down to the springs.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
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  • The meta-antenna has a dielectric rubber layer sandwiched between two conductive layers created with conductive flexible acrylic spray paint.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Nimmo homered again in the sixth and the Mets scored six runs against infielder Javier Sanoja in the eighth, when Taylor sandwiched another two-run double between Mark Vientos’ solo homer and Luis Torrens’ three-run shot.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2025
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  • In these long moments of waiting, the atmosphere is heavy and loaded.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Passengers can walk on, bring bicycles, or even load up cars and campers.
    David Nikel, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Pegula was often the first to change direction in rallies and constantly jammed Sabalenka with body serves to stop her from unleashing returns.
    Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Grab a bite from LaRosa's and Graeter's, and jam out to music from Q102.
    Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Wedge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wedge. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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