Example Sentences

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The impending regulatory reckoning has some industry insiders trembling that federal rules will squash the sector before it finds its footing.

From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2021

“Cutting the internet will squash all the security we had.”

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2021

“He will squash our car to the size of a pea pod,” her father replied, squinting through his camera.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2021

What is a quick response I can have at the ready that will squash the comments without creating conflict?

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2012

The elephant is probably afraid that he will squash the little gliding insect, the horse that he might step on the child.

From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert