squat
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The squat one-storey building has recently received a fresh coat of paint and looks respectable from a distance.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
A squat little gem painted gold, filled with vermouth jelly, surrounded by blueberry toast.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
He can squat 640 pounds, which puts him on another level in the weight room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026
In the lower-right corner of the picture lies Hofmann’s bluntly squat signature—almost like a kid might proudly do it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
A squat woman opened the door; shabby garments almost swallowed her.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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Examples include chair squats, heel drops, and wall push-ups.
From Science Daily ● May 1, 2026
“I’m on a gym tour, baby! I wanna come to your gym. I wanna work out with you,” she said before launching into squats, push-ups and bicep curls.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Strength-training exercises, such as wall squats or holding the plank position, are among the best ways to lower blood pressure.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
They use a "flywheel exercise device," similar to a yo-yo, that can allow for aerobics like rowing as well as provide resistance to perform moves like weighted squats and deadlifts.
From Barron's ● Apr. 4, 2026
Jay squats at the riverbank and throws a rock.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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A room built for the NFL Rams and co-occupied by the squatter Chargers felt like a proper football cathedral.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
Patent and Trademark Office, Tesla described its adversary as “a bad-faith trademark squatter, who started as a Tesla fan,” and described the French company’s attempt to trademark the Cybercab moniker as fraudulent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
She excelled on stage and screen in Alan Bennett’s “The Lady in the Van,” playing a crotchety squatter with an imperious sense of entitlement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2024
Once upon a time, on June 15, 1859, 27-year-old Lyman Cutlar, a squatter on the island, discovered a pig pillaging his potatoes.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2024
In 1774 the Shawnee responded to these encroachments by raiding squatter settlements and expelling land surveyors.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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It is an imposing black puck of a building squatted over the most claustrophobic transit hub in America.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
Many others throughout the country -- particularly around the capital Tirana and Albania's principal port, Durres, were simply squatted.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Others squatted on balcony steps or leaned against walls for the roughly 90-minute service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
Had she not squatted on a landing on her final run, she would have made the podium.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026
When no one climbed into his rickshaw, he squatted down, waiting for his next chance.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
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He says he’s squatting more than 500 pounds and lifting 110-pound dumbbells.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
In one video posted by a primary school in Davao Occidental province, dozens of terrified students can be seen squatting on the shaking ground.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
KeyBanc analyst Ashley Owens wrote in a Thursday noet that some Reddit reviews of a Valentine’s edition line of pants with a “scattered heart” pattern indicate that the fabric becomes see-through when bending and squatting.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 2026
The actress said the following day she "went to the set and, because I was squatting on the floor, all het up, I farted in front of him. I was mortified".
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026
As we walked toward the frozen pond, we saw them flailing their arms and squealing as they cast their bodies across the surface, half squatting to steady themselves.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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