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  • past tense form of pinch.
  • past participle of pinch.

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One postcard dated in 1967 included an apology that the author had "started to write in pencil but Tony pinched my pen".

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

Some of the price-cutting repackages an old playbook for retailers: When consumers feel pinched, the retailers sell products in smaller sizes.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

However, in keeping with what had gone before, Higgins immediately responded with runs of 44 and 55 and then pinched the following frame after laying a snooker on the brown.

From BBC May 1, 2026

But firms say the exodus of individual money from the business could ease the competition that’s pinched lending margins and exacerbated the profit pinch from declining interest rates.

From Barron's Apr. 8, 2026

I pinched a corner, pulled the paper away from the professor’s knees, and passed it up to my dad.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen




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