compressed
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The main atrium, or as I call it the “Hall of Mirrors,” is kind of compressed.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
Newly reactivated jets from the black hole are pushing outward, only to be distorted and compressed by the intense pressure of the massive galaxy cluster surrounding it.
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026
Batson already places extraordinary weight on the quick instincts of trial judges and the exactitude of trial lawyers in the compressed theater of jury selection.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
The takeaway for investors: Own what cannot be compressed.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
Her lips, narrow and compressed when she was awake, were looser and fuller in sleep, and almost smiling, like her sleeping eyes.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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