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squash

[skwosh, skwawsh] / skwɒʃ, skwɔʃ /


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For me, that has meant chicken with scallions and frozen ginger cubes; shaved corn with poblano and onion; butternut squash with thyme and shallots; grated tomato with basil and garlic.

From Salon Aug. 25, 2026

When he played squash at the Harvard Club in Manhattan, he ran there carrying his racket.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

New sports remained a hit for fans, who scooped up all available tickets to softball, lacrosse, flag football and squash during the second drop, LA28 reported.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

Rob Dinerman, a squash historian, said Niederhoffer didn’t look or act like a squash player.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Then Ma put on the boiled potatoes and cabbage and meat, the baked beans, the hot johnny-cake and the baked Hubbard squash, and she poured the tea.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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

All you’ll need are two medium acorn squashes, cooked quinoa or wild rice, fresh or dried cranberries, chopped pecans or walnuts, diced onions, garlic, cinnamon, thyme, olive oil, salt and pepper.

From Salon Nov. 23, 2024

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

From New York Times May 15, 2024

Closely related species replace each other geographically among the amaranths, beans, chenopods, chili peppers, cottons, squashes, and tobaccos.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

Kirby compared the situation to the pandemic in 2020, when a global shutdown squashed demand and travel.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 28, 2026

They’re scouting whose strategies should be amplified after generating a great return, and what wastefulness should be squashed.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

For example, the likes of pugs, Frenchies and English bulldogs all have issues with their breathing because of their squashed facial features and Scottish Fold cats suffer a lot from arthritis.

From BBC Mar. 10, 2026

“Can I take it out of the jar? It’s hard to see, what with it being all squashed in there.”

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

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

Police said the owner of the Lawson convenience store had claimed he had seen the woman squashing buns several times in the past.

From BBC Feb. 14, 2025

County Supervisor Holly Mitchell, who spearheaded the proposal, said it is intended to keep housing affordable for renters without squashing the ability of mom-and-pop landlords to survive.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2024

A chimpanzee shudders and grimaces when it touches a big black spider, like you and I would do, before squashing it angrily with its knuckles, not something you and I would do.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel




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