in a bind

The scaled-back federal response has left places like St. Louis in a bind.

But finding yourself in a bind necessitates clever solutions, and Park’s already dark comedy turns jet-black as the director reveals that stress can beget new talents.

These decisions put some of the largest housing developments affected by the fires in a bind.

“The IOC is really in a bind too,” said Mark Dyreson, a sports historian at Penn State.

Good government advocates are stuck in a bind, as Republicans in Texas push to squeeze five more Republican seats out of their state with new maps, and Democrats in states where anti-gerrymandering reforms have taken hold look to fight back with new maps of their own.