A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

EKES

Sun, 9 Jul '23
Squeezes (out)
Wed, 24 May '23
Just gets (by)
Sat, 27 Aug '22
Squeezes
Thu, 3 Feb '22
Squeaks (by)
Mon, 17 Jan '22
Scrapes (out)
Sun, 26 Dec '21
Squeezes (out)
Fri, 3 Dec '21
Just gets (by)
Sun, 7 Feb '21
Scrapes (out)