cram

Yet one group’s training was crammed in a single day, while the other more successful group’s training was spread over four weeks.

So how do you take those three high voltage phases and cram them into a single, small pipe running underground?

it's been, okay, we're just going to stretch out or cram some other experience...

So while cramming the night before the exam may seem logical— after all, won’t the material be fresh in your mind?— the information won’t stick around for the long term.