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Recent Examples of squeeze play
That squeeze play will enhance our wind.
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Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2023
In a 7-3 win over Atlanta, full-court baseball - a steal of third and a squeeze play - opened the door for a big inning and keyed a series win over the world champions.
—Dallas News, 1 May 2022
Louis Bussard then squared to bunt, with Trout digging for home plate on an apparent squeeze play.
—Mike Waters, Dallas News, 20 May 2022
The Jacksonville Jaguars made a surprise move after practice on Wednesday, releasing veteran defensive tackle Malcom Brown who appeared to be caught in a squeeze play involving younger players ahead of him and behind him on the depth chart.
—Garry Smits, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2022
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Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2023
In a 7-3 win over Atlanta, full-court baseball - a steal of third and a squeeze play - opened the door for a big inning and keyed a series win over the world champions.
—Dallas News, 1 May 2022
Louis Bussard then squared to bunt, with Trout digging for home plate on an apparent squeeze play.
—Mike Waters, Dallas News, 20 May 2022
The Jacksonville Jaguars made a surprise move after practice on Wednesday, releasing veteran defensive tackle Malcom Brown who appeared to be caught in a squeeze play involving younger players ahead of him and behind him on the depth chart.
—Garry Smits, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2022
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Serve right away, topped with cilantro leaves and a squeeze of lime. Makes 2 to 4 servings.Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 31 Dec. 2024
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One approach, adopted by Lynda Benglis, Urs Fischer, and Christopher Wool, involves digitally capturing a chance form—a squeeze of clay, a snarl of wire—then enlarging that scan to monumental proportions, both dramatizing and satirizing the superpowers that artists now have at their disposal.Glenn Adamson, ARTnews.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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The investigation raises significant questions about health threats to consumers and the state’s ability to monitor cannabis products, issues that have emerged as California’s $5-billion legal cannabis market struggles to overcome a resilient black market and growing competition from other states.Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
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Police said the perpetrator was acting alone and there wasn’t any threat to the greater community.Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Dec. 2024
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At the same time, each movement evokes the fear and despair and endurance that defined his experience as a prisoner.Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2024
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Read More: How Tech Giants Turned Ukraine Into an AI War Lab Swift’s fears were shared by many of her young fans, who are coming of age in a generation that seems to be bearing the brunt of technology’s harms.Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 30 Dec. 2024
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Sticks, staff, swords, sabers, whips or scepters including extendable items.Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024
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The original sense likely referred to something flat and thin, like a leaf, and later extended to the cutting edges of knives, swords, and other tools.Erik Kain, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Its people and institutions have mounted a committed response to the drug menace through education, treatment programs and the dogged work of the city’s police force.Michelle Weber, Longreads, 6 Dec. 2024
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Scientists know now that the stealthy menace originated in east Asia and was probably spread inadvertently by people to every continent except Antarctica.Martin J. Kernan, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2024
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Ensuring strengths in all three makes for a great corporate all-rounder, but technology is an area where skills change regularly, and organizations need guidance.Agur Jõgi, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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It was forced to govern in coalition as the opposition doubled its strength in Parliament.Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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Rushdie went into hiding as several people associated with the publication were targeted with violence, with a Japanese translator murdered and 37 dying in an arson attack in Turkey.Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 27 Dec. 2024
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The study on domestic violence and sports betting found that after losses in certain sporting events, there is a 10% increase in intimate partner violence in states that legalized sports betting compared to those that have not.Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 27 Dec. 2024
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For example, temperatures so cold that muscle temperature greatly decreases are detrimental to endurance exercise.2 This is one reason why keeping your body warm is important.Emily Brown, MPH, Verywell Health, 28 Dec. 2024
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They are also used for building muscle strength and many other purposes.Nora Colomer, Fox News, 28 Dec. 2024
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“Squeeze play.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squeeze%20play. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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