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squeamish

[skwee-mish] / ˈskwi mɪʃ /


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It isn’t as if Mr. Trump is squeamish about Georgia politics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Then-new Chair Paul Volcker, a personal hero of current boss Jerome Powell, wasn’t squeamish.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Even their own version of Donald Trump, played by James Austin Johnson, was feeling a little squeamish.

From Salon • Jan. 25, 2026

"If you want to have international companies here you've got to allow them to pay management what they think that they need to be paid and not be squeamish," he said.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2025

Her stomach felt squeamish and unsteady—the last time she had felt like this was when she ate the fish head stew Allegra’s mom had made.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser




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