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squat

[skwot] / skwɒt /


VERB
lower body by bending knees
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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

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

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

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

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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