Thesaurus results for SQUATTED

squatted

verb

past tense of squat

as in crouched

to lie low with the limbs close to the body a detective squatting to examine something on the ground

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Recent Examples of squatted For most of that session, Melton squatted behind the plate, sweating and catching bullpens for pitchers who had more experience and more college offers. — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 Working in strength coach Rusty Whitt’s demanding program, the 6-foot, 196-pound Jones also squatted and deadlifted 500 pounds. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026 Police said Alston and her boyfriend, Halley Tejada, gained access to the Kips Bay apartment Vitels had just moved into on 31st Street and squatted there for two days. — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 26 June 2026 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. — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 7 June 2026 Eventually, Betty stopped and squatted. — Gabriel Debenedetti, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 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

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After his rep against defensive end Odafe Oweh, Tunsil grabbed his left arm and crouched in obvious pain.

— Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026
Those inside the room crouched down on the floor in the darkness, waiting for help for 30 minutes.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

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