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  • verb Present participle of sandwich.

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Examples

  • Saddam was a tyrrant and a threat; Saddam’s failure to comply with the 17 U.N. resolutions; the idea of sandwiching Iran with two democracies as another front on the war on terror; and of course the idea the Saddam could have been cooperating with Al Queda and the widely held belief, at that time, that he possessed WMD that could be shared with terrorists comment by paul.

    Think Progress » Gerald Ford opposed the Iraq war. 2006

  • In a statement, the PAC accused the king of "sandwiching" himself between the ANC and the IFP to the exclusion of other parties.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • "sandwiching," to be schemed and planned for, and she dared not ask herself whether the persistent sense of fear that haunted her was that they both must betray self-consciousness in time, or that the more difficult order would bore him: their earlier intimacy had coincided with his hours of leisure.

    Sleeping Fires: a Novel Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton 1902

  • The New Madrid earthquakes of 1811 and 1812, two magnitude-7.7 quakes sandwiching a 7.5 one, are the historical big ones of Mid-Atlantic quakes.

    Widely felt tremor not unprecedented 2011

  • By sandwiching PZT between silicone pieces, he has made a material that can harvest 80 percent of the energy applied when flexed.

    Medical Devices Powered by the Patient’s Own Heart | Impact Lab 2010

  • In fact Curtly's curtness was a pleasant balm to the bombast and phoniness of even the most well-intentioned and unarguably necessary awards do, an impression not immediately dispelled by the appearance of the hosts, an unlikely sandwiching together of Gaby Logan and Ravi Shastri.

    England's Jonathan Trott and Alastair Cook hit sixes at ICC awards 2011

  • When the interview finally aired — after ESPN must have made even comatose viewers know it was an exclusive — it was sliced into segments sandwiching even more analysis.

    It's an all-day A-Rod extravaganza on ESPN 2009

  • The New Madrid earthquakes of 1811 and 1812, two magnitude-7.7 quakes sandwiching a 7.5 one, are the historical big ones of Mid-Atlantic quakes.

    Widely felt tremor not unprecedented 2011

  • Highlight was Jeff sandwiching Matt between two tables.

    Liveblogging WrestleMania 25 Tyler 2009

  • Highlight was Jeff sandwiching Matt between two tables.

    Archive 2009-04-05 Tyler 2009

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