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Planting to harvest takes at least nine months, too long for most Filipino farmers who preferred the shorter growing period for beans, squash or bittergourd to feed their families, the farmer added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 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

"It was just so easy to squash him up and reform him as a dog, or a submarine, or a bird or anything," Lord said.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

My boss believes me but also said me and Mary need to squash our beef, but I didn’t even know we had a beef.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026

The beautiful woman moved a bouquet of calla lilies out of the way and placed it over a basket full of fresh tomatoes, squash, and chiles to make room for us.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

“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

The family of Ozzy Osbourne have visited a mural of the rock legend made from more than 10,000 pumpkins and squashes.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2025

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

From New York Times ● May 15, 2024

The gravitational pull also squashes the spacetime, altering its shape depending on how it's observed.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 21, 2024

Chili peppers, squashes, amaranths, and chenopods are other crops of which different but related species were domesticated in Mesoamerica and South America, since no species was able to spread fast enough to preempt the others.

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

It is another sign of water vole activity - squashed poo.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 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

The Cubs, however, squashed thoughts of a potential comeback with a three-run rally in the sixth against Edgardo Henriquez and Tanner Scott.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

It won’t surprise you that nowadays our daydreaming time is shrinking, one more thing squashed by social media.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

Everything sufficiently distant—people, trees, buildings—is squashed into a zero-dimensional point and disappears.

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

Instead Zverev pounced, breaking Shelton’s big serve in the first game of the match and squashing his momentum on a humid afternoon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Hill also said she was "really frustrated" with Hampshire police for not squashing the false claims and confirming she does not work for them anymore.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 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

The national colors of Brazil toppled into the army, squashing a dracaena.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan