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squeezing

NOUN
compression
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"It's like something squeezing, it's getting tighter and tighter year on year," he adds.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Now, prices are rising for everything from fertilizer, plastics, aluminum and fuel, potentially squeezing margins.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Higher fertilizer and fuel costs, however, are squeezing farmers’ profit margins, potentially weighing on demand for seed, crop protection products, and farm equipment.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

"We have the technology to generate the required squeezing and a path to reach the clock precision needed in ion clocks to observe such effects for the first time," says Sanner of Colorado State.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

I stay put for a few more seconds, squeezing my eyes shut, before I dump the rest of my cider, too.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy




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