compressing
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Needless to say, there’s a lot going on in Butler’s busy, occasionally dizzying script, though compressing the approximately 550-page source material was surely no easy task.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
She developed pleural effusion — fluid between the lungs and ribs — compressing her lungs and making it hard for her to breathe.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
This weather pattern results in air sinking downwards, compressing and heating up as it hits the ground.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
While the force between individual atoms is weak, it becomes remarkably strong across the large surface area of two dimensional materials, pulling the sheets together and compressing the water trapped between them.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026
Because she was heavily sedated, Pita slept through the lancing and compressing and didn’t come back around until Abuelita Remedios was done wrapping her leg with a pale thin gauze.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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