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Recent Examples of squatted
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.
—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
Emilie Schleer, a 37-year-old mother of two, spoke of the brazen break-in that occurred at her South End home in July, when a homeless woman squatted in her residence while her family was away for the weekend.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
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
Emilie Schleer, a 37-year-old mother of two, spoke of the brazen break-in that occurred at her South End home in July, when a homeless woman squatted in her residence while her family was away for the weekend.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squatted
Verb
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The girl must have been crouched down and gotten the gun.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
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Brandon Wolf crouched in the corner of the nightclub bathroom for what felt like forever as gunshots rang out.—
Natalia Jaramillo,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 June 2026
Verb
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Her entire family gathered in her mother’s home, huddled around the television, the 72-year-old Bronzeville resident said.—
Rebecca Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
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It is supposed to be a great beach party with a bonfire, but it gets rained out, and they are all huddled under an awning wearing too much body glitter and eating from a greige buffet.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
18 June 2026
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“Squatted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squatted. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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