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Recent Examples of shoehorn
Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo wrote in an opinion piece, published in the New York Post, that Trump's executive orders will protect individuals from costly and publicly humiliating court cases brought on by prosecutors to shoehorn a specific narrative.
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Julia Bonavita, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025
Post, drafted 52nd in June and shoehorned into the roster on a two-way contract, had shown promise in his most recent G League stint, scoring 30, 30 and 27 in three early January games.
—Anthony Slater, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
These products are often deeply integrated—and sometimes shoehorned—into companies’ often sprawling technology architecture.
—Chris Perry, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
While lauding a new partnership among Florida universities and Kennedy Space Center, Gov. Ron DeSantis shoehorned in a pitch to have NASA headquarters leave the nation’s capital in favor of the Sunshine State.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
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Julia Bonavita, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025
Post, drafted 52nd in June and shoehorned into the roster on a two-way contract, had shown promise in his most recent G League stint, scoring 30, 30 and 27 in three early January games.
—Anthony Slater, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
These products are often deeply integrated—and sometimes shoehorned—into companies’ often sprawling technology architecture.
—Chris Perry, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
While lauding a new partnership among Florida universities and Kennedy Space Center, Gov. Ron DeSantis shoehorned in a pitch to have NASA headquarters leave the nation’s capital in favor of the Sunshine State.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoehorn
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The train car was crammed with people sitting on the lower and upper berths, squatting in the aisles, and crowding the vestibule leading to the toilets, and this might have been the reason that Ganesh Rajwar was sitting in the open doorway, his feet on the metal stairs.—
Amitava Kumar,
The New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2025
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That's because, in collaboration with Vapor Propulsion Labs (VPL) – the North American distributor for Bosch – the team had to come up with a unique way to cram the Performance Line SX motor into the frame.—
Paul Ridden,
New Atlas,
7 Mar. 2025
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Goldman Sachs previously estimated these tariffs could push inflation up by 1 percent while squeezing U.S. company profits and provoking retaliatory measures from other countries.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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Tension headaches are the most common type, and can feel like a band is squeezing your forehead, with pain extending to your scalp and neck, per the US National Library of Medicine.—
Korin Miller,
SELF,
13 Mar. 2025
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The impressive menu featured soft tacos stuffed with lentils and was followed by a ring of sunchokes, briefly in season, interspersed with radish and fennel; as well as maitake mushrooms with a vegetariandemiglace broth.—
Liza B. Zimmerman,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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There’s grizzled guys like the proprietor of Mines and Memories, a storefront dedicated to preserving the history of the town’s former economic engine, which stuffed with everything from B&W photos to hardhats donated by families that have lived in Creede for generations.—
Lauren Wissot,
IndieWire,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Shoehorn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoehorn. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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