Example Sentences

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Squelching inflation is the Fed’s goal, and a credit crunch set off by bank failures could get it there quickly.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2023

Squelching the threat of terrorism is first on Americans' priority lists for the new president, according to Gallup surveys.

From US News • Jan. 14, 2016

Squelching down the hillside behind her house, she point out the day lilies and ferns pushing up through the puddles and picks wild leeks for breakfast soup.

From Time Magazine Archive

Squelching through the sucking mud, I make it.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads