squat
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“I had to squat and kick my heels out, which, frankly, was not easy for me,” he said.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2026
On Camino Escalante, Guthrie’s squat, orange brick house is set back from the road behind a lawn planted with prickly pear, agave, cholla and yucca.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
We haven’t looked at your squat for a while, let’s go back to that,’” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2026
D5 - the squat bungalow - now sits derelict, out of place among a row of plush, well-kept homes.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025
“But it seems I don’t count for squat here. Hey, ain’t it dinnertime?”
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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Strength training included exercises using weights or body weight, such as press ups, squats, and lunges.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026
“I’m on a gym tour, baby! I wanna come to your gym. I wanna work out with you,” she said before launching into squats, push-ups and bicep curls.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
They use a "flywheel exercise device," similar to a yo-yo, that can allow for aerobics like rowing as well as provide resistance to perform moves like weighted squats and deadlifts.
From Barron's ● Apr. 4, 2026
In many videos on social media, fitness influencers go through squats and arm lifts in the bionic suit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
Alex explains the wisdom stuff to him, then squats to check out the canyon.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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But there is still so much darkness in “The Grapes of Wrath,” especially in its scenes of John Qualen’s Muley Graves, crumpled on the ground, suddenly a squatter on his own piece of land.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Animal control officers from Pasadena Humane confirmed that a bear was living under an Altadena house Sunday but could not be sure if the latest bear squatter was the same bruin from the earlier incident.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2026
“At least I eat sometimes,” said Cedric Mnisi, 39, who lives in a squatter camp nearby.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
The woman whose keen eyes once watched over her family in the squalor of the squatter camps now lives in a world of darkness and sounds.
From BBC ● May 25, 2024
During the summer of 1812, the Indigenous alliance struck US forts and squatter settlements.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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It is an imposing black puck of a building squatted over the most claustrophobic transit hub in America.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
Many others throughout the country -- particularly around the capital Tirana and Albania's principal port, Durres, were simply squatted.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Others squatted on balcony steps or leaned against walls for the roughly 90-minute service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
Had she not squatted on a landing on her final run, she would have made the podium.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026
She plucked one of the blue petals and squatted in front of the lock.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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Her early success "only intensified her commitment to stand by the common man - squatting with vendors, arriving wherever there was trouble, dressing simply and making it her hallmark style".
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
Not far away, a prominent Berom chief, Gyang D Gwong, complains that Fulanis are squatting on his community's land and it has become too dangerous to farm.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2026
KeyBanc analyst Ashley Owens wrote in a Thursday noet that some Reddit reviews of a Valentine’s edition line of pants with a “scattered heart” pattern indicate that the fabric becomes see-through when bending and squatting.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 2026
He does the sort of high-gusto squatting and heavy reps Schwarzenegger and Stallone did for action movies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
They reached the bushes and Seth turned left, studying the leafy barricade as he went, occasionally squatting and checking closer.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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