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Recent Examples of squish
The greatness of her accessory boils down to its size, which wasn’t as Mary Poppins-esque as a tote bag or as squished as a tiny wallet purse.
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Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
The first 80 minutes of the film are actually a recap of what’s come before, squishing all 12 of the 20-minute episodes from season one into a much tighter catch-up before leading into a sneak peek at the first two episodes of season two, which is due out in January 2025.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2024
Pour in the milk brine, seal the bag, and squish around the brine to distribute evenly around the bird.
—Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2024
Apple specifies that this release is about security though there will be bugs being squished as well.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
The first 80 minutes of the film are actually a recap of what’s come before, squishing all 12 of the 20-minute episodes from season one into a much tighter catch-up before leading into a sneak peek at the first two episodes of season two, which is due out in January 2025.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2024
Pour in the milk brine, seal the bag, and squish around the brine to distribute evenly around the bird.
—Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2024
Apple specifies that this release is about security though there will be bugs being squished as well.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squish
Verb
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To get a return less than that projected by the above formula, either the company has to underperform the consensus growth estimates or the stock's valuation would need to compress.—
GuruFocus,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Thirty years of change is being compressed into three years!—
Samuel Axon,
Ars Technica,
14 Jan. 2025
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Then remove a cup or two of the beans to mash and return to the pot to serve with cornbread.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
18 Jan. 2025
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The Pitt is a new Max Original that takes the format of two popular legacy series—ER and 24—and mashes them together.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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The making a living part of the equation completely squashes the notion of societal contributions.—
Sachin H. Jain,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Hailey also chooses love by taking a picture with Selena Gomez, clearly an attempt to squash the ongoing war between their respective fandoms.—
Stacey Leasca,
Glamour,
21 Jan. 2025
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Los Angeles County Fire Department bulldozer No. 5 pulled in and started shoving the vehicles aside to clear the road for firetrucks.—
Laura J. Nelson,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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The Fall of Diddy includes a snippet of harrowing footage from March 5, 2016, that CNN released, where Combs is seen attacking Ventura in a Los Angeles hotel hallway, kicking and shoving her, then dragging her by her sweatshirt before throwing an object at her.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Jan. 2025
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Turn the pot on its side and loosen the root ball from the pot's walls by squeezing or tapping the side of the pot a little.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Jan. 2025
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Use a fire extinguisher by pulling the pin, aiming at the base of the fire, squeezing the lever slowly and sweeping the nozzle side to side For a grease fire, try to cover the flames with a lid or pan to snuff them out.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
23 Jan. 2025
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The Irish inched farther into field goal range over the next 26 seconds to set up kicker Mitch Jeter’s game winner from 41 yards out, punching their ticket to the national championship game.—
Scott Dochterman,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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One of Brown's entourage reportedly used a homophobic slur against Ocean, and Brown allegedly punched Ocean and threatened to shoot him, according to an incident report TMZ obtained.—
Alex Heigl,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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The Palisades and Eaton Fires have destroyed thousands of homes, killed at least 25 people and forced more than 150,000 residents to evacuate from their homes.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
18 Jan. 2025
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The human dancing videos and the cat dancing videos on TikTok have nothing on the dancing by politicians who voted for the law forcing its Chinese owner, ByteDance, to either sell the popular and addictive app or face a shutdown in this country.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
18 Jan. 2025
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The offers have been enticing enough to compel at least half of Solaris owners to sell over the past two years, according to property records.—
Aaron Leibowitz,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
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The official added that the most important issue for Ukraine now is how to get it in the strongest possible position vis-a-vis Russia and to compel Putin to negotiate.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Squish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squish. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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