cramming
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A Home Office spokesperson said this latest incident demonstrated the "reckless and dangerous tactics employed by criminal gangs... who continue to put lives at risk by cramming ever greater numbers of people onto unseaworthy vessels".
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
That hasn’t stopped college students cramming for exams together and couples collaborating on work projects from dishing out their passwords.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
“Meghan’s serving your insatiable thirst for dance-ready bops with the upbeat banger that is ‘Foolish,’” the release stated, cramming two bits of gay slang into one sentence.
From Salon ● May 10, 2026
KHARTOUM, Sudan — The diggers were efficient, cramming in so many graves that, from above, the field near the University of Sudan’s medical campus looked like a frieze of an undulating, gravel-brown sea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026
A sliver of doubt wriggles around in my brain, cramming itself next to my wedge of loyalty.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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