shoehorn

Example Sentences

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That ban was shoehorned into the trans care bill as an amendment after a separate bill to ban abortion at about six weeks failed to overcome a filibuster.

From Seattle Times

Last autumn, the Premier League was bracing itself for a season like no other - with a World Cup shoehorned into the middle of a packed club schedule.

From BBC

That is on purpose — and by shoehorning CRT into the picture, critics of DEI have been able to send Americans scrambling to the same old battle lines ahead of the presidential primaries.

From Salon

Republicans, eager to speed up permits for oil and gas production, say they will keep trying to shoehorn a bipartisan energy proposal into the must-pass debt limit legislation.

From Washington Times

CRP alleged it was “shoehorned” into using Cookies’ suppliers and pressured by executives to repeatedly increase the number of orders despite manufacturing delays, defects and other problems.

From Los Angeles Times