crammed

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Because of the awkward proportions of the drawing, about 8-by-1 feet, these churches are almost comically crammed in, like an overpacked suitcase, using every inch of space.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

From the floor to ceiling, more than 20,000 books were crammed every which way into shelves they’d built and stained themselves nearly 20 years before.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Under the recent Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act, the charge of endangering others during a sea crossing is to stop more people being crammed into unsafe boats.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Barr interrogated experts from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, crammed in beside top FBI officials around a cheap table.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

Yevgeniya “Zhenya” Rudneva, an astronomy student from Moscow University, had a head crammed full of poems and stories.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein