squat
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Increasingly, the journey starts with a squat silver floor robot gliding beneath a storage rack, lifting a shelf and carrying it across a warehouse to a waiting worker.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
A 640-pound squat by Hart nose tackle Gabe Degl’Innocenti.
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
“I had to squat and kick my heels out, which, frankly, was not easy for me,” he said.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2026
Then I squat behind a bush, panting panting.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
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We performed classic moves: squats, crunches, high and low planks and bird dogs, among them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
Examples include chair squats, heel drops, and wall push-ups.
From Science Daily ● May 1, 2026
Wall squats involve putting your back against a wall and lowering down into a sitting position using your hips until the thighs are parallel to the ground.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
That’s why I focus on the basics—hip mobility, planks, squats or dead lifts, rows, shoulder work and rotational drills.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
Gerhard comes in and squats next to Helmuth.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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The device is squatter and wider than Samsung’s previous foldables.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 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
Animal control officers from Pasadena Humane confirmed that a bear was living under an Altadena house Sunday but could not be sure if the latest bear squatter was the same bruin from the earlier incident.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2026
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
I told Mom she was the snootiest squatter I’d ever met, and that made her laugh.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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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
Down below, Cluny squatted against the wall, glad of the chance to take a breather.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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Still, the only two clubs with a lower average attendance are the sad-sack Miami Marlins and the homeless Athletics, who are currently squatting at a Triple-A stadium in West Sacramento, Calif.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Not far away, a prominent Berom chief, Gyang D Gwong, complains that Fulanis are squatting on his community's land and it has become too dangerous to farm.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 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
He appears to be squatting, looking at something on the ground.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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