shoehorn
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There’s a real “misery loves company” component to the pressure to shoehorn everyone into their narrow vision of the nuclear family.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
It is no mean feat to shoehorn a half-millennium of social, political and economic tumult into a single volume.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
"These subjects are not the easiest to shoehorn into a three-and-a-half minute song," says Lorde.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2025
“To shoehorn anything into tiny Disneyland is really hard,” Irvine says, adding, “A lot of people in merchandising would have preferred it was bigger.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
They made me remember that guy David and the shoehorn.
From "Miracle's Boys" by Jacqueline Woodson
Anthropic's advertisement broadcast during last week's Super Bowl showed a man asking advice from a conversational AI, which then shoehorns advertising copy for a dating site into its otherwise relevant response.
From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026
The show, unfortunately, shoehorns in too many songs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2022
It is a shame the film shoehorns so much of the book into two hours.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2022
Luckily, I had recently purchased two of your quality shoehorns and was able to finish the exam without missing a beat.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2022
The mighty Philharmonic is squeezing into halls built for smaller ensembles as it shoehorns its own performance schedule into the open windows it could find in the long-set schedules of other venues.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2021
