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For a woman who Hollywood exiles into the Nevada desert, only for her to build an empire and return to Los Angeles to conquer the industry, besting cancer should be a cinch.

From Salon ● May 29, 2026

All in, a bald eagle can cinch down on its prey with a clutch roughly 10 times stronger than the human hand is capable of.

From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2026

Skirts could be very full, with crinolines underneath, or they could be pencil skirts, worn with cinch belts and sweaters with bat-wing sleeves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025

Getting around this city is a cinch since Columbia is known for its efficient public transportation options.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2025

It seemed to him a cinch, the culmination of his whole life—and of the new authority which he had manifested on the vidphone today at work.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

With this attention to detail, Hayden cinches his spot as a noteworthy figure in the lineage of American conceptualism.

From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2021

High praise, indeed, but what cinches it for Thompson is the timing.

From Washington Post ● May 15, 2019

That cinches it: Jane is writing the show we know as Jane the Virgin.

From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2019

Then, he cinches his weight belt tight around his trim waist and makes his final approach.

From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2018

Descheeny came down to the hunters who pretended to be adjusting the harnesses and tightening the cinches.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

The nostalgic tone of the collection was captured by some attendees who praised the juxtaposition of pieces, resulting in fluid, less cinched silhouettes reminiscent of 1940s Hollywood.

From Barron's ● May 14, 2026

The cinched waist—the subtle negative drafts ahead of rear quarters—might as well have had whalebone stays.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2025

His shoulders thickened, his waist cinched up, and his striking visage conquered a certain corner of the liberal internet.

From Slate ● Feb. 18, 2025

The hourglass silhouette – the cinched in waist and fuller skirt – felt pointed and intentional.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2025

The crowds gathered ten deep for one hundred feet in each direction, a few spectators reaching through the slats of the fence to stroke Seabiscuit’s chest as Smith cinched the girth on Woolf’s kangaroo-leather saddle.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Trade tensions between the U.S. and China sent stocks on another roller-coaster ride Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average cinching its biggest intraday comeback since April.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025

The Cougars compensated for his injury by cinching up their defense, forcing Texas Tech into several shot-clock violations.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2024

Up in the bucket of the scissor lift, she maneuvered through her huge cat’s cradle, cinching lines and crocheting them with larger stitched panels to create dense splashes of color among the trees.

From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023

You begin by getting dressed, pulling on knickers and a cloth chest protector, navigating various straps and zippers, cinching up a thick jacket.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2022

Gherland thought as they walked, tendrils of worry curling around his heart, cinching into a hard, tight knot.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill