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squash

[skwosh, skwawsh] / skwɒʃ, skwɔʃ /


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For their first course guests enjoyed yellow squash, wild mushrooms and crispy pancetta.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

In summer, mine is a pan of roasted red onion, red pepper, squash and eggplant, marinated while warm in olive oil, herbs and a splash of red wine vinegar.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

He was a triathlon enthusiast and high-level squash player.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Since buying the Dodgers, he has invested in European soccer, women’s hockey and basketball, squash and auto racing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

If Mini were here, she could make an enchantment of a giant shoe and squash the nightmare creature.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

Drinks high in sugar can include fizzy sodas, energy drinks, sweetened juices, squashes, sweetened tea and coffee, and flavored milks.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 18, 2026

“If this thing falls on me and kills me, it’s gonna be like, ‘Giant-squash squashes squash-professor,’” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025

“Time bends. Space is boundless. It squashes a man’s ego. I feel lonely.”

From New York Times ● May 15, 2024

The Southampton farm has entered the record books for the largest mosaic created from squashes.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2023

Now imagine that a giant hand comes down and squashes the book flat.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Lewis Hamilton says he and Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc have "squashed" any controversy between them after a difficult Italian Grand Prix.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

The factory that AFP visited in Hunan province's Pingjiang turns out nearly 700 tonnes per day of the spongy, red-coloured strips, which look like squashed French fries covered in oil.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Desai said, as seeming moments of recovery in the past year or so were squashed by the L.A. wildfires, then last summer’s immigration crackdown and associated civil unrest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2026

But those that are further along are already tracking token use—scouting whose AI strategies should be amplified and what wastefulness should be squashed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026

A guy and a girl sit squashed next to each other on its bench, laughing as they bang on it, pretending like they know what they’re doing.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

In other words, instead of squashing creativity, AI is inspiring it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

And he hadn’t allowed more than one baserunner in any inning, squashing the scrappy Rays’ ability to manufacture a run.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

Concerns about AI squashing software company earnings turning into a run on private-credit funds lending to software firms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026

The retired farmer had queued up on November 29 at a launch of Bardella's new book in the southern town of Moissac, squashing an egg on his head when he reached him.

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

Comrade Pillai had finished his avial and was squashing a ripe banana, extruding the sludge through his closed fist into his plate of curd, when Velutha knocked.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy




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