squat
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You think he gives a squat about what you think?
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Increasingly, the journey starts with a squat silver floor robot gliding beneath a storage rack, lifting a shelf and carrying it across a warehouse to a waiting worker.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Scouts who attended his matches saw a short, squat forward whose most impressive physical attribute was his substantial tush—not unlike another German World Cup hero of the 1970s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
A 640-pound squat by Hart nose tackle Gabe Degl’Innocenti.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026
There were majestic sailing ships with detailed riggings and portholes, squat tugboats, a pirate ship steered by a mean-looking crew.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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Doing deep squats or lunges with poor form can put unnecessary strain on your knee joint.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
“I’m on a gym tour, baby! I wanna come to your gym. I wanna work out with you,” she said before launching into squats, push-ups and bicep curls.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Strength-training exercises, such as wall squats or holding the plank position, are among the best ways to lower blood pressure.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
They use a "flywheel exercise device," similar to a yo-yo, that can allow for aerobics like rowing as well as provide resistance to perform moves like weighted squats and deadlifts.
From Barron's ● Apr. 4, 2026
The poodle squats to relieve itself on the cobbles, and the girl veers neatly to her left to skirt it.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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The device is squatter and wider than Samsung’s previous foldables.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
“At least I eat sometimes,” said Cedric Mnisi, 39, who lives in a squatter camp nearby.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
In “The Lady in the Van,” the tragedy of Smith’s odorous squatter Mary Shepherd is revealed only after her surprisingly touching death.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2024
Once upon a time, on June 15, 1859, 27-year-old Lyman Cutlar, a squatter on the island, discovered a pig pillaging his potatoes.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2024
She had been a squatter for almost fifteen years, and the city had finally decided to sell the apartments to her and the other squatters for one dollar apiece.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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Many others throughout the country -- particularly around the capital Tirana and Albania's principal port, Durres, were simply squatted.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Others squatted on balcony steps or leaned against walls for the roughly 90-minute service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
Two accounts on Instagram called the Camden Art Cafe and Autonomous Winter Shelter have posted about a "new squatted community space" at the York & Albany hotel.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2024
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
Lupita squatted in the bushes until she heard the orchestra start up again.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
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He says he’s squatting more than 500 pounds and lifting 110-pound dumbbells.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Her early success "only intensified her commitment to stand by the common man - squatting with vendors, arriving wherever there was trouble, dressing simply and making it her hallmark style".
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
Ahead of the launch of its Cybercab vehicle, Tesla accuses Unibev of fraud and trademark squatting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
As labor continued, she got into a squatting position; she let out some squeals and her tail flapped.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
When they reached the ditch, all the other rabbits were squatting together, watching their approach.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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