Squashing

Why is the GOP traditionally so interested in squashing individual liberties, and so adamant about not extending any sort of helping hand to any other than the already wealthy? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Over the last decade, Saeed Mortazavi has jailed dozens of journalists and reformist politicians and was instrumental in squashing the opposition Green Movement after last year's presidential election. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Vance, Hull-squashing is an old skeet shooter's trick to break the concentration of other shooters. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Webb's "performance Tuesday in squashing whatever little boost Bush may have expected from the polls has made him into an instant star for his party." ❋ Unknown (2007)

It is absolutely beyond me why the owners of music today are so aggressive in squashing free advertising of their product. ❋ KaneCitizen (2006)

Duncan Hunter, the GOP Chairman of the House Armed Services was the single biggest player in squashing the Abu Ghraib investigations in the House. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Don’t even pretend that this is about legitimate use because the tendency of people like A.B. Dada to classify everything “excessive” as illegal shows why TWC is mostly interested in squashing HD-quality content via download services like iTunes and Amazon so as to keep customers chained to cable video feed. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Is the idea of squashing these text messages, pretty much the extent of a defense here? ❋ Unknown (2008)

Arkwright, who sometimes joined with Maisie in "squashing" Honor. ❋ Angela Brazil (1907)

Yet ALEC and others have no problem squashing these groups' voting rights -- or the rights of elderly voters. ❋ Rep. Keith Ellison (2011)

We ran and saw you were squashing your sister underfoot, using her as a step ladder to climb out. ❋ Rabbi Shmuley Boteach (2011)

If this were not irresponsible enough, Tea Party Republicans are actively squashing measures that would create jobs. ❋ Rep. John Garamendi (2011)

This did a good job of squashing the drive-bys, but (I think) the financial arrangement was not much improved. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mother got drunk and fell down the kitchen stairs, spraining her ankle and squashing a bag of ripe tomatoes—messy. ❋ Priya Parmar (2011)

"I wanted to be a biologist when I was younger," she explains, "but I was always also interested in the contrast between something beautiful and something fearful, like squashing a beetle." ❋ Emma Crichton-Miller (2010)

Some huge [kinky] girl was squashing me with her [big giant] [self].. it was amazing. ❋ Hila (2008)

Hey, can't [talk] [right now], I'm squashing ([baka]) ❋ German_nicole (2021)

Yeah [Me and] [Tyrone] were gonna [fight] but we desided to squash it. ❋ Bob Wilicon (2006)

Yo [hunny] just [give me some] [squash]! ❋ Dogger Dude (2021)

Bob: [I'm sorry] for picking a fight with you last night. [Dave]: It's [squashed]. ❋ Los Angelina (2009)

"You need to squash that [beef] between you and [your dad] if you expect to make [progress]" ❋ DetroitSlang (2003)

That [idiot] from down 10th [Street], he [don't know] squash! ❋ Green923jade (2017)

Guy: [So what'd] you do this weekend? Player: I played squash! Guy: Mhm and how did that go? Player: GREAT, i hit this drop and the other guy totally couldn't get it, not to mention my serving was [great-] i finally got that lob serve down. Guy: [I have no idea what you're talking about]. ❋ Ilikesquash(: (2010)

[Harvard Student]: "I can't believe that [Trinity's] squash team beat us again! None of their players are even from the United States..." See: Ivy League, [NESCAC] ❋ MHP (2005)

1) "I need to work some overtime this week otherwise I don't have any squash for John's [bachelor party]" 2) "My wife found my squash in [the sock] [drawer] and spent it on shoes" ❋ Wasterpaster (2010)