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Recent Examples of squatted
Police said Alston and her boyfriend, Halley Tejada, gained access to the Kips Bay apartment Vitels had just moved into on 31st Street and squatted there for two days.
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Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
Making a place known Just before noon the following day, Susan Washko squatted over a white plastic tub beside the stream that runs through Fiftymile Canyon.
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Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
Eventually, Betty stopped and squatted.
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Gabriel Debenedetti,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
As catcher Dillon Dingler got down in his catching stance, Hinch squatted and leaned against a fence off to the side.
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Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
Beneath it, a man squatted on the pavement, staring at nothing in particular, a glass pipe drooping from his fingers.
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Sam Kriss,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
Many of those Mexicans saw their property squatted on or seized by the courts of their new nation.
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Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
The brace successfully monitored joint bending while the subject walked, ran, squatted, and jumped, even reconstructing the person’s running gait with precision.
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Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
Brockington squatted 664 pounds, breaking his own record from last year by 50 pounds, and posted a vertical jump of 42 inches.
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Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
25 Sep. 2025
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
Making a place known Just before noon the following day, Susan Washko squatted over a white plastic tub beside the stream that runs through Fiftymile Canyon.
—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
Eventually, Betty stopped and squatted.
—
Gabriel Debenedetti,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
As catcher Dillon Dingler got down in his catching stance, Hinch squatted and leaned against a fence off to the side.
—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
Beneath it, a man squatted on the pavement, staring at nothing in particular, a glass pipe drooping from his fingers.
—
Sam Kriss,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
Many of those Mexicans saw their property squatted on or seized by the courts of their new nation.
—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
The brace successfully monitored joint bending while the subject walked, ran, squatted, and jumped, even reconstructing the person’s running gait with precision.
—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
Brockington squatted 664 pounds, breaking his own record from last year by 50 pounds, and posted a vertical jump of 42 inches.
—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squatted
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After getting broken to fall behind 2-4 in the third, Djokovic attempted to knock a ball back to the ball boy, who was crouched beside the umpire’s chair.
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The image in question features Grande crouched on the ground while sucking a lollipop and loving a happy black dog.
Verb
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Inside at Revel Lounge, half the après crowd sips cocktails in robes and slippers while the other half have logged back on with work and are huddled away in the bar’s many discreet nooks and corners.
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My high-octane mutt was leaping around the patio table and barking excitedly while my neighbors huddled together over their steaks.
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