squash
Example Sentences
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"He was a very talented cricketer as well.. he played tennis, he played squash, he ran."
From BBC
While herb-flecked tomatoes and cucumbers are a classic combination, Rafidi often swaps in roasted squash, pumpkin or whatever else beckons at the market once fall’s chill sets in.
The malleability of the dog genome allows for enormous physical variety, she explained, meaning that breeders can push features to extremes—squashing snouts, piling on wrinkles.
Plus, bad weather means plans for mood-lifting activities, like riding a bike or walking on a beach, get squashed.
From Los Angeles Times
Yet emissions reductions could fall by as little as 32 percent if legislative implementation sputters and new pollution rules are squashed in court or left on agencies’ drawing board tables.
From Scientific American
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