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squat

[skwot] / skwɒt /


VERB
lower body by bending knees
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It’s big, too, nearly 10 miles long, and peaky, with some squat concrete buildings up at the crest of one of the hills, and a single telegraph pole.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

Joe Porter toured the squat apartment building in L.A.’s Koreatown five years ago, excited to be leaving his parents’ house in Arkansas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

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

“Come on,” Sohrab said, leading me around the back of the squat building.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

He has since taken to stripping to the waist for social-media videos of himself at the gym pounding a treadmill and doing squats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

So ditch the ball for some dumb bells and squats and get to work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Bodyweight training, also known as calisthenics, uses your own body weight for exercises such as push-ups, squats and pull-ups to help build strength.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Doing deep squats or lunges with poor form can put unnecessary strain on your knee joint.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

Then he counts off, squats low, tosses her straight up into the air, and catches her in a full extension instead of a half-press like Coach said.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone

Or is about to when she realizes her squatter is Misty Green, minor celebrity, and so grants her a week until eviction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

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

In “The Lady in the Van,” the tragedy of Smith’s odorous squatter Mary Shepherd is revealed only after her surprisingly touching death.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2024

As the sun rose, the squatter camp gradually vanished under the earth.

From BBC ● May 25, 2024

“Built by a fellow, oh, twenty years ago,” said Pa. “He was a squatter who pitched a tent in the woods and built that outhouse.”

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

Star running back Jadan Baugh squatted such an astronomical number—600 pounds—that the conditioning staff prohibited him from throwing any more weight on the machine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 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

They squatted beneath the parapet in darkness as the badger outlined the situation.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Ahead of the launch of its Cybercab vehicle, Tesla accuses Unibev of fraud and trademark squatting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

As labor continued, she got into a squatting position; she let out some squeals and her tail flapped.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 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

He does the sort of high-gusto squatting and heavy reps Schwarzenegger and Stallone did for action movies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026

All squatting, imagining a sword is in our hands.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes


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