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This produced a number of other visual artifacts; new streets and neighborhoods had to be shoehorned into layouts designed around previously existing features. en.wikipedia.org

The holder filed a provisional claim in 2003, which he has used to shoehorn some 20 patents, all of them vague, broad and abstract. www.independent.co.uk

Lawyers had to engage in great ingenuity to shoehorn their clients' claims into existing forms of action. en.wikipedia.org

Therefore, fighters are not shoehorned into class stereotypes and are free to fight unrestricted in types of armor, picks of garb, choices of weaponry, and styles of play. en.wikipedia.org

The word is derived from shoehorn, a smooth curved implement, often of plastic or metal, inserted at the heel to help put on a shoe. en.wikipedia.org

Can we shoehorn any more stereotypes into this scene? www.dailymail.co.uk

If you are smart enough, you can shoehorn any reference into any ad to make it relevant. www.psfk.com

But the ferns in the loose sense are much too diverse a group to be shoehorned into one taxon at such a low rank. en.wikipedia.org

But some of us are not, and more and more are refusing to be shoehorned into monogamy. en.wikipedia.org

A shoehorn was built around the tunnel, just enough as to not be too sharp for the locomotives, opening up a fantastic view of the valley. en.wikipedia.org

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