pinch
Example Sentences
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Home prices are down 17% since the pandemic, according to the Bank for International Settlements, and uncertainty over China’s economic future has many people pinching pennies.
It is the waiting at these traffic pinch points which can cause stress for shop worker - and number 38 regular - Nico Reverie.
From BBC
“This is not the moment to pinch pennies,” said Mark K. Harder, an attorney who worked with a Michigan Powerball winner who claimed a $842 million prize.
From MarketWatch
The economic pinch, mixed with thriving reactionary online culture and tense gender dynamics, creates a fertile soil for groups like Park's to recruit from.
From BBC
On evenings when one kid was studying for a big test, Amy or I would sit and read in the child’s room, making it easier to ask an uncomfortable question in a pinch.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
