squat
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Most people can’t squat 600 pounds, but everyone can have a mantra, right?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
It’s big, too, nearly 10 miles long, and peaky, with some squat concrete buildings up at the crest of one of the hills, and a single telegraph pole.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
Joe Porter toured the squat apartment building in L.A.’s Koreatown five years ago, excited to be leaving his parents’ house in Arkansas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
You think he gives a squat about what you think?
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
He passed the creature’s squat, creased neck and what seemed to be a chin or two before finally stopping at the giant’s face.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
And in the weight room, Smith takes a break from squats and bench press to pump iron—with his fingers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Examples include chair squats, heel drops, and wall push-ups.
From Science Daily ● May 1, 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
Strength-training exercises, such as wall squats or holding the plank position, are among the best ways to lower blood pressure.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
Ma squats at the cliff’s edge, urging me to take my time, but I just want to get this over with.
From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott
The device is squatter and wider than Samsung’s previous foldables.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
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
Patent and Trademark Office, Tesla said Unibev was “a bad-faith trademark squatter, who started as a Tesla fan” and described the French company’s attempt to trademark the Cybercab moniker as fraudulent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
The operation came days after police carried out a large-scale eviction at France’s biggest squatter camp in a suburb south of Paris.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2024
I told Mom she was the snootiest squatter I’d ever met, and that made her laugh.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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
Gordon asked the judge if he could have five minutes, during which he squatted in a corner of the video link room at HMP Belmarsh and appeared to debate with himself.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2025
Boys who were too weak to walk to the usual places to relieve themselves just squatted in the middle of camp.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
Cyber security expert Dr Daniel Thomas, of the University of Strathclyde, said the incident was an example of "domain squatting".
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Still, the only two clubs with a lower average attendance are the sad-sack Miami Marlins and the homeless Athletics, who are currently squatting at a Triple-A stadium in West Sacramento, Calif.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
As labor continued, she got into a squatting position; she let out some squeals and her tail flapped.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 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
These women squatting, knees wide apart in their long wrapped skirts, throwing handfuls of peppers and small potatoes into hissing pans over cookfires?
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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