squash

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Recent Examples of squash The Earworm Eraser is a 40-second audio track designed specifically to squash earworms — a song on repeat circling around and around in your brain that can't easily be shaken off. Chloe Veltman, NPR, 29 Nov. 2024 The Dolphins will be looking to squash multiple criticisms on Thanksgiving. Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2024 How To Address Insider Threats Companies looking to squash attempts by employees to leak confidential information can take a few approaches that vary from monitoring to limiting access. Troy Batterberry, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024 Eyeing cuts to federal spending, Musk and Ramaswamy have also proposed squashing a 1974 law that blocks presidents from choosing not to spend monies authorized by Congress. Ella Lee, The Hill, 23 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for squash 
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Verb
  • Use your chopsticks to mash the beef together with the rice, sambal, etc., then savor each sweet, spicy, tangy bite.
    Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Use the back of a wooden spoon to mash berries and mix the ingredients together.
    Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 5 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • In June 2020, Willis demanded that Trump stop using Village People's music after the then-president threatened military action to quell protests following the police killing of George Floyd.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
  • And in case anyone thinks its suppressions are the stuff of the past, the emergence of far-right leaders around the Western world in the past few years quickly quells the fantasy.
    Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Texas will be trying to overcome a crushing loss to Georgia in the SEC title game.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
  • The Bottom Line: Tackle The Identity Shift The biggest hurdle, says Gill, is the mindset shift that creates the idea of being a person who behaves in certain ways, as opposed a person who uses willpower to crush a checklist.
    Janine MacLachlan, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Harry is doing his best to keep Dexter from killing people, though Dex acknowledges that slicing into cadavers and taking hunting trips aren’t really cutting it in terms of suppressing his urges.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
  • His beautiful, distant mother, played by the French-Argentinean actress Bérénice Bejo, treats these outbursts as insurrections to be suppressed.
    Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Art mavens from all over the world soon were flocking to La Coleccion Jumex, where, adjacent to pulping and pasteurization vats, López showed his rapidly growing collection of works by Mexican as well as American and European artists.
    James Reginato, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 July 2024
  • Thus began a tale of abandonment and rescue as several, successive influential admirers saved the book from pulping.
    Eugene Linden, TIME, 21 Apr. 2024
Verb
  • Several said they were alarmed by him and some were thankful when Penny subdued him.
    Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The price of iron ore, which is Rio’s single largest product, accounting for two-thirds of Rio Tinto’s revenue, has remained subdued in 2024, though showing some improvement in the recent months.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Reusable Pizza Storage Container (5-Pack) This triangular container is way easier to squeeze into the fridge than a bulky pizza box.
    Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Translated, the budget pressures that Fitch expects to continue squeezing higher education are coming from rising costs and stagnant public support and not necessarily from market retraction.
    Derek Newton, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Half-hearted Iranian attempts to intervene to help Assad with Iraqi militias were quashed by American air power.
    Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • High mortgage rates suppress demand, which quashes home price growth.
    Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024

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“Squash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squash. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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