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Recent Examples of squish
It’s uniquely shaped like a box and made with a thick yet semi-flexible PU leather, so the bag keeps its shape in your suitcase instead of going flat and squishing precious cargo.
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Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2024
Persian cats, with their luscious coats and distinctively squished faces, have captivated cat lovers for generations.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
At Dollywood, the loaves are made similar to monkey bread with distinct mini loaves squished together like a tiny churchhouse pew.
—Deanne Revel, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2024
The arrival of a trough from the Pacific Northwest will bring back with it the marine layer, which was eroded and squished by the high pressure that gave rise to the recent heat.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2024
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Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2024
Persian cats, with their luscious coats and distinctively squished faces, have captivated cat lovers for generations.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
At Dollywood, the loaves are made similar to monkey bread with distinct mini loaves squished together like a tiny churchhouse pew.
—Deanne Revel, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2024
The arrival of a trough from the Pacific Northwest will bring back with it the marine layer, which was eroded and squished by the high pressure that gave rise to the recent heat.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squish
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The musical spans more than two decades and compresses them into a show that lasts little more than two hours.Katie Marie Davies, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
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The optic nerve seems to then compress it down to about 100 million bits/sec.Michael Irving, New Atlas, 18 Dec. 2024
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Miranda has become Disney’s go-to composer in the years since Hamilton, bringing his signature style of old-school musical theater mashed up with contemporary hip-hop flair.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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Although The Grey Album wasn’t legally sanctioned, MTV clearly saw the commercial potential of mashing up Jay-Z’s rapping with the familiar sounds of a famous rock band.Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2024
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Some beef has been squashed since Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni was seen in a heated exchange with Washington Commanders tight end Zach Ertz after their teams' meeting last Sunday.Sean Treppedi, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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The biggest movement on the boat, however, is between Dorit and Kyle, who seem to squash their considerable beef.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
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He was suspended earlier this season for three games for shoving a Philadelphia Inquirer columnist who had referenced Embiid’s son in a column criticizing Embiid for not playing to start the year.Joe Vardon, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
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Gardner-Johnson was shoved so hard that his helmet came off.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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As is typical in India, the bus was jam-packed with fragrant humanity, and I was squeezed into an aisle holding on for dear life as the bus lurched its way through town.New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Dec. 2024
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Working in batches, place grated potatoes and onion in a kitchen towel; squeeze firmly over a medium bowl to remove excess liquid.Melissa Gray, Southern Living, 24 Dec. 2024
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The jacket can be seen in pivotal scene where Dylan’s character Billy Parker punches Rupert Everett’s character James Holt.Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 23 Dec. 2024
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The transfer free-agent market helped other programs punch back.Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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The law would require ByteDance to sell the app or force Google, Apple and other platforms to stop supporting the app in the United States.Kristian Burt, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
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Bodies begin to pile up as the police move in, and Daniel is forced to keep his fractured community together and catch the killer.Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
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Still, federal labor law affords wide latitude for a company to delay a collective bargaining agreement and lacks the large penalties necessary to compel an agreement, granting Starbucks sizable leverage over the next step in the labor dispute, Bodie added.Max Zahn, ABC News, 24 Dec. 2024
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Mass deportations could compel companies to reassess their employment verification processes and ensure strict adherence to immigration laws.Solange Charas, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Squish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squish. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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