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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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