shoehorn

Example Sentences

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Chatbots are also easier to use than online symptom checkers because people can simply describe their experience rather than shoehorning it into programs that compute the statistical likelihood of a disease.

From Scientific American

Lacey also shoehorns a funny lament about health insurance into her endnotes.

From New York Times

He noted that the government hadn’t been able to collect enough votes in the Legislative Assembly to pass their law, and instead had to shoehorn it through with a special constitutional tool.

From New York Times

She shoehorned Zoom meetings with clients in between the needs of her kids.

From Los Angeles Times

The Supreme Court said while such a question is legal, the Trump administration cut too many corners in trying to shoehorn it into last year’s count.

From Washington Times