How to Use squad in a Sentence

squad

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  • Smith said this year’s team is the closest he’s had to the 2007 squad.
    — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2023
  • But now, the 27-year-old awaits an NFL squad to pick him up.
    — Irie Harris, cleveland, 12 July 2023
  • And in the semifinals, the squad surged late to edge Anaheim 13-12.
    — Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Does Nick Pratto make noise this year with the big league squad?
    — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Neither squad could muster points in the first and third quarters.
    — Indy Star Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The basis is the lack of ego of the veterans, which has allowed the youngsters to adapt well to the squad and the club.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Can Steph Curry bounce back and help his squad even things up?
    — oregonlive, 5 May 2023
  • Messi returned to training with the rest of the squad on Tuesday.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Here’s a candidate from each of the Final Four squads to be the X-factor.
    — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The Asian Cup, with its squads drawn from distant and disparate leagues, has that in abundance.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Ready to gather your scream squad and see for yourself?
    — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The Cardinals’ transfer-heavy squad has shown glimpses over the last two games of what that might look like, though.
    — Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The Kings resolved the numbers crunch by making Ellis a full-time member of the squad.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Lindley spent four years in the NFL with four teams, making a cameo on the Chargers’ practice squad in 2014.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Here are four of the standout beauty looks of the night, including the exact products the glam squads used to nail each.
    — Meg Hemphill, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The presenter wowed in a Pamella Roland gown after toasting to the night with some of her glam squad.
    — Jackie Fields, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Knack, whose career was in danger of stalling after a poor 2022, was briefly on their taxi squad prior to the break.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
  • Not messing too much with the roster and chemistry of this squad was the best offseason move.
    — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Odesa had gone awol after much of his squad was killed in Kherson.
    — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
  • This Panthers squad doesn’t have many trade chips with more than 20 free agents and several holes to fill.
    — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2024
  • For the squad condemned to desk chairs—meet the Dreamer Car memory foam pillow.
    — Cristian Esteban, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The bomb squad members also swept the park to find any IEDs that may have been planted on the premises and the rides, said authorities.
    — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Now, after some time in the Premier League, both sides have much stronger squads than pre-Cooper or pre-Bielsa.
    — Steve Price, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • The game in South Bend will serve as a nice indicator of where the Buckeyes truly stack up with their 2023 squad, and what there still is to work on.
    — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2023
  • That sent the Hounds to Wausau, where the squad prevailed over Burlington in the championship game for the title, 2-1, after a 4-3 win in the semifinal against Wausau.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Thus, the teams that get profiled are often not among the upper-tier squads in the league, though that's not universally true.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 12 July 2023
  • Can Liberty coach Hugh Freeze and his squad kick things off with a victory?
    — oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Kansas City snapped up Rush on the waiver wire a day later, ensuring the Colts wouldn’t have a chance to get him back on the practice squad.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Pictures of the A-list squad rooting for the Chiefs in a MetLife suite dominated social media.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Langford is a non-roster invitee to spring training and is fighting for a spot on the Rangers big league squad.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Mar. 2024

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