double bind
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This creates a vicious double bind for average employees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025
That's the double bind of these supposed "exceptions."
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2024
Even more so than writers, actors face a double bind when it comes to labor disputes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
"So there's that double bind - a lack of people now and the potential lack of finances to pay for them in the future."
From BBC ● May 19, 2023
To me, it felt like a sanity-warping double bind.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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