pinched
Example Sentences
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Big picture: Higher inflation has pinched households and raised costs for businesses.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
Still, executives fear that pinched consumers around the world will consume less of their product.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
You’re able to evade feeling pinched by the noose of transactional cosmopolitianism.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Sales there have been challenged, Falorni says, partly owing to lower-income consumers feeling pinched.
From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026
Grandma came over and very tenderly pinched my muscle between two fingers.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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