pinch
Example Sentences
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If oil prices fall much further, the U.S. fossil-fuel industry will feel a painful pinch again, oil executives said.
Setting up small, automated increases is one of the most effective ways to spend your paycheck on your future self without feeling the pinch today.
From MarketWatch
The move marks an escalation in Beijing’s pressure campaign against Tokyo and could pinch Japan’s economy by squeezing supplies of critical minerals and components used by Japanese factories.
Steeper US tariffs on some imported furniture items took effect Thursday, in a move that could add pressure on households already feeling the pinch from elevated costs of living.
From Barron's
Americans are rightly upset about the sustained price pinch for food, energy, housing, autos and other goods since the pandemic.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
