squatted

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Others squatted on balcony steps or leaned against walls for the roughly 90-minute service.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Gordon asked the judge if he could have five minutes, during which he squatted in a corner of the video link room at HMP Belmarsh and appeared to debate with himself.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2025

Behind the plate squatted Freddie Freeman, the walk-off hero in Game 1 of last year’s Fall Classic.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025

Found within a kilometre of the Danish parliament, Freetown Christiania was established in 1971 when a bunch of anarchists and hippies squatted inside a vacant military base.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2024

Nim squatted beside her, watching quietly in the darkness and wiping away sand from the turtle’s watery eyes, until the hole was just as deep and wide as it needed to be.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr