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squat

[skwot] / skwɒt /


VERB
lower body by bending knees
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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

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

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

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

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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