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squooshes

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present tense third-person singular of squoosh

as in bears (down on)

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Luckily, this deal squashes that qualm by knocking over $300 from the sticker shocker!

— Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 6 July 2026
Chicken, bacon, and ranch might as well be the holy trio that squashes all fights and satisfies every hangry complaint.

— Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 3 Mar. 2026

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Queues in the major markets run for years, new transmission runs longer, and no amount of capital compresses a utility approval process that was designed for a different century.

— Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Framed as an ensemble drama rather than the story of a single heroic whistleblower, the production compresses Ibsen’s plot, reimagines the ending and leans into satire without sacrificing moral bite.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

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The scrutiny raised questions about what could happen to his Carvana position if fallout from the investigation pressures him to raise cash.

— Yun Li, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
When The Park pressures him to turn against Lamb and his colleagues to pin MI5’s failure on Slough House, Struan ultimately caves.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Aug. 2026

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Starling Marte mashes one The hometown fans, who appeared to be outnumbered among the 24,225 at The K, had something to cheer in the fourth inning.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Aug. 2026
Created by Chicago painter Nathaniel Mary Quinn, the image mashes up caricatures of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ron Wood into a glorious grotesquerie that channels the colorful glam-trash aesthetics of the band’s late-’70s phase.

— Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 13 July 2026

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