squeeze
Example Sentences
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He said it in that silly, teasing tone we’d been using this whole time, but he might as well have grabbed my heart and squeezed it in his fist.
From Literature
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I could practically see the tears pressing against the backs of the girl’s eyeballs, and before I could think better of it, I found myself putting a companionable arm around her shoulders and squeezing.
From Literature
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Insatiable demand from AI data centers has manufacturers pivoting production to high-margin enterprise customers, creating an acute squeeze in the consumer sector.
From MarketWatch
Maybe a squeeze of lemon if the day demands brightness.
From Salon
Tom Stacey, senior lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University, who works in supply chain and manufacturing research, said the company was operating within an "upper middle class squeeze".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.