cinch
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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
“They just use it as a mechanism for getting rid of difficult-to-prosecute cases, cases that weren’t a lead-pipe cinch to get a conviction,” said Gary Kleck, professor emeritus of criminology at Florida State University.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025
Getting around this city is a cinch since Columbia is known for its efficient public transportation options.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2025
It took me three hours to force the hose onto the pump nozzle, but I couldn’t cinch it up securely.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2025
It would be a cinch to seal it with the suit's patch kit, but now that I think about it, that's a bad idea.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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The zipper cinches the insulated hood close to the face, keeping the neck and head cozy in wind.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
“It goes over my entire face and cinches up, so just my nostrils are out,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 30, 2023
“I ride them. I told them all they got saddle cinches on their sides because I have tightened that thing so hard riding them. They have done a great job.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2021
Then, he cinches his weight belt tight around his trim waist and makes his final approach.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2018
My bladder cinches, and I feel like I might pee my pants.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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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
He got an extra 3% out of Sarnoff in part by blithely insisting that he would still leave for a long-planned vacation, incommunicado, before the deal was cinched.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
In the 1940s, the influence of Christian Dior's New Look cinched waists were apparent, then in the 1950s, references to Spanish fashion house Balenciaga's more voluminous style emerged in the Queen's clothes, says de Guitaut.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025
The pouch is then filled with batting and stitched and cinched to secure.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2025
He was brown, like the boys, wore dark goggles cinched tight through a mane of coiled dreadlocks that whipped about as he got his bearings.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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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
“It’s not just about tolls, it’s about cinching our belts a little bit. This might end up being the easy part.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 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
Otto slipped on his backpack, cinching the straps tight against his shoulders.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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