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Recent Examples of shoehorn
The editors put in a full recap of their contentious but evolving friendship, which started with Lindsay hating Paige for shoehorning onto her show and has grown into a kind of grudging respect.
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
Instead, the creative team is shoehorning a third party into what had previously been singles rivalries.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
The point is not to have anxiety over optics or to shoehorn in restaurants that are not yet ready.
—Timothy Depeugh, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2025
The need to shoehorn multiple wrestlers into a match undermines the credibility and impact of the WrestleMania card.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
Instead, the creative team is shoehorning a third party into what had previously been singles rivalries.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
The point is not to have anxiety over optics or to shoehorn in restaurants that are not yet ready.
—Timothy Depeugh, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2025
The need to shoehorn multiple wrestlers into a match undermines the credibility and impact of the WrestleMania card.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoehorn
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The city’s extensive labyrinth of catacombs was nearby as well, underground ossuaries crammed full of the skeletal remains of millions of Parisians.—
Anelise Chen
June 3,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2025
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Open spaces and gardens were crammed with cane, cacti, fig trees and pigeon coos.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Hundreds of people squeezed into the Jewish Community Center in Boulder, Colo., for a vigil that featured prayer, singing and emotional testimony from a victim and witnesses of the firebombing attack in the city’s downtown, after a federal judge blocked the deportation of the suspect’s family.—
Colleen Slevin,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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In some towns, utility poles were removed so the caravans could squeeze through.—
Angela Jackson,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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No, Johnson wanted to talk about the, um, elephants (?) in the room, eventually making Fallon give her a tissue to stuff down the front of her outfit.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
5 June 2025
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Seaweed is toasted to order, and the restaurant’s signature hand roll comes stuffed with blue crab, shrimp, salmon belly and cucumber.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2025
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“Shoehorn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoehorn. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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