squat
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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