squash
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Fire-roasted corn, peas and carrots, mixed vegetables, edamame, spinach and cubed butternut squash: These are all regulars in my freezer.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026
They say scraps are an overlooked source of dietary fibre and are encouraging people to try "root-to-tip" eating, including watermelon rind, pineapple core and butternut squash seeds.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Fitness enthusiasts will also have access to strength-training equipment, cardio facilities, yoga and barre offerings, squash, and personalized training services.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
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
While he attached the sprinkler to it, I walked up and down the tidy rows of pole beans and squash and tomato plants growing bigger every day.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
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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
“Time bends. Space is boundless. It squashes a man’s ego. I feel lonely.”
From New York Times ● May 15, 2024
The official title for their new record given by Guinness is the largest Cucurbita mosaic - the genre for varieties of pumpkins and squashes.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2023
Closely related species replace each other geographically among the amaranths, beans, chenopods, chili peppers, cottons, squashes, and tobaccos.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Lewis Hamilton says he and Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc have "squashed" any controversy between them after a difficult Italian Grand Prix.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
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
Once again, it looked like BlackBerry was about to be squashed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
Kirby compared the situation to the pandemic in 2020, when a global shutdown squashed demand and travel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2026
We both looked at Petey, squashed in his jar.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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In other words, instead of squashing creativity, AI is inspiring it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 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
Jacob Ulibarri spent about six hours on New Year’s Day last year squashing hot spots where the Lachman fire had burned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 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
I clocked out and left without no good-byes and stomp down the street like I was squashing bugs.
From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles
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