shoehorn
Example Sentences
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It is hard to shoehorn this spectacle of mass-integration, this enforced loss of crowns and kingdoms, into the idea of partition.
So he was bewildered to find out that men his age have become the subject of ridicule online, mocked for shoehorning their way into styles associated with Gen Z and younger millennials.
From BBC
It is no mean feat to shoehorn a half-millennium of social, political and economic tumult into a single volume.
When he joined City in 2022, the club found a hybrid solution, where Haaland was shoehorned into an existing pattern of play.
Once the designers abandon their dream of shoehorning functionality into humanoid appearance, the result may actually be useful — for humans.
From Los Angeles Times
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