squint
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“With the starting pitching we have, if we have the ability to be more consistent with our offense, you can definitely squint and see a better club out there,” Mozeliak told me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
If you squint and look at him one way, he seems like a moderate, but look at him from another angle, and he seems super progressive.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
In part, that is because, if you squint, you can see its lineage in old-school food criticism.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
Others may just pick one of 11 nations with red home kits, squint their eyes and try and pretend it's actually Harry Wilson scoring rather than Switzerland.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
Her wrinkles tighten around her old eyes, her squint shifting into a glare.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
Waiting lists for gynae mesh, children's squints, children's feeding tubes and cleft lip will also be tackled.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2025
But such squints are a poor substitute for certainty; greater clarity may come from JWST’s measurement of how much iron the nebula holds.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 10, 2023
She squints her eyes, trying to find her young self in the pictures.
From Reuters ● Jan. 26, 2023
The squints, frowns and chair shifts don't mislead, although the production's bombardment of cable news-style chyrons either gleefully do or say the quiet part out loud.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2022
When Apa squints his eyes at me, I add, For the right window.
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
It was a place where diners squinted at fading celebrity glossies on the wall and said, “Isn’t that the guy who—?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
My head was tilted at an angle that brought the odometer into view, so I squinted: It was about to hit a half-million.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
As he squinted to read it, I told him the article was about investors discovering—
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
Powell squinted his eyes and shook his head, his mind still racing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2024
She squinted as darkness fell over the beach.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
Carlson is squinting as he asks his questions in a way that sounds naive and lets Huckabee fill the space.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2026
But once you have accepted the limitations and frustrations, the experience will justify squinting your eyes and straining your neck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
While it can lead to squinting, eyes pointing in different directions, blinking a lot, or headaches, many children do not notice there is anything wrong and have no obvious symptoms.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2025
I’d follow a recipe to the letter and still end up squinting at the oven door, trying to gauge whether I’d accidentally created something leaden or gummy or wrong.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2025
And then the questions were done, and Mr. Lewis closed the file and leaned into her, rodent-y eyes squinting.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
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