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While consumers are feeling pinched, the biggest U.S. public companies are feeling flush.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Big picture: Higher inflation has pinched households and raised costs for businesses.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 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

You’re able to evade feeling pinched by the noose of transactional cosmopolitianism.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

At the prep table Cook wiped at her brow as she pinched dough into dinner rolls.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland




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