squeezed

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Announcing its decision to appoint administrators earlier in the year, the company said reduced demand, "escalating" employment costs and "soaring" energy costs had "squeezed the business financially".

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

She thinks rate hikes are needed even if it means more pressure on households already squeezed by bills, gas prices and trips to the grocery store.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Profit margins are being squeezed across the industry as a result.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

"You can see how Americans are getting squeezed financially right now," said Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

He said it in that silly, teasing tone we’d been using this whole time, but he might as well have grabbed my heart and squeezed it in his fist.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows