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squash

[skwosh, skwawsh] / skwɒʃ, skwɔʃ /


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Planting to harvest takes at least nine months, too long for most Filipino farmers who preferred the shorter growing period for beans, squash or bittergourd to feed their families, the farmer added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

As for that $18.49 squash sauce, I browned some Italian sausage, boiled pasta, warmed the sauce and put a Caesar salad and good focaccia on the table.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

He was a triathlon enthusiast and high-level squash player.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

"It was just so easy to squash him up and reform him as a dog, or a submarine, or a bird or anything," Lord said.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

“But see if you can get some squash in that thing. I can’t stick around if there isn’t going to be squash.”

From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins

Drinks high in sugar can include fizzy sodas, energy drinks, sweetened juices, squashes, sweetened tea and coffee, and flavored milks.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 18, 2026

“If this thing falls on me and kills me, it’s gonna be like, ‘Giant-squash squashes squash-professor,’” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025

The family of Ozzy Osbourne have visited a mural of the rock legend made from more than 10,000 pumpkins and squashes.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2025

“Time bends. Space is boundless. It squashes a man’s ego. I feel lonely.”

From New York Times ● May 15, 2024

The roadside stands were piled with golden pumpkins and russet squashes and baskets of red apples so crisp and sweet that they seemed to explode with juice when I bit into them.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

The factory that AFP visited in Hunan province's Pingjiang turns out nearly 700 tonnes per day of the spongy, red-coloured strips, which look like squashed French fries covered in oil.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

The Cubs, however, squashed thoughts of a potential comeback with a three-run rally in the sixth against Edgardo Henriquez and Tanner Scott.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

It is not just squashed droppings the volunteers are looking for.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

They’re scouting whose strategies should be amplified after generating a great return, and what wastefulness should be squashed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

Slimy pink earthworms covered the sidewalk and the road, and we tried avoiding them as we walked, but you noticed one get squashed beneath a cyclist’s tire.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman

Instead Zverev pounced, breaking Shelton’s big serve in the first game of the match and squashing his momentum on a humid afternoon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Concerns about AI squashing software company earnings turning into a run on private-credit funds lending to software firms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026

The retired farmer had queued up on November 29 at a launch of Bardella's new book in the southern town of Moissac, squashing an egg on his head when he reached him.

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

However, if the summer holiday was only four weeks long, it could also have the opposite effect of squashing the demand into a smaller time frame and pushing up prices further.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2025

Eunjoo climbed onto the chair next with Junsoo, and he jumped into Jinjoo’s arms, squashing their rice balls.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh


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