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The other child started by spitting on and pinching her daughter.

When the garment is in “on” mode, the sensors would be able to detect force from pinching or squeezing and unleash the shock.

But in this age of the greening of the U.S. auto fleet, so does smart engineering and pinching pennies.

And yes, he is far from the only penny-pinching conservative in politics who also favors tax cuts for the wealthy.

CBS is a close, penny-pinching second, and CNBC wins the thrifty award for cable.

Hal and Noll felt like pinching themselves to see if they would wake up.

Crab (a shell-fish) and crab (a kind of apple) are radically connected, both conveying the idea of scratching or pinching (Skeat).

Even a very tight glove or a pinching shoe may suffice to hamper the action of the muscles required for singing or speaking.

These marks were all raised, and done, I suppose, by pinching up the skin.

Side shoots usually need pinching during the growing season.

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On this page you'll find 54 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pinching, such as: close, grasping, grudging, mean, narrow, and near.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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