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squeezing

NOUN
compression
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This has pushed up fuel and transportation costs, squeezing consumers.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

Instead, the humid silence is punctuated by the diesel generators, the occasional Bluetooth speaker or the tinny buzzing of a cell phone squeezing out reggaeton, reparto or US pop.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

It is similar to squeezing a miles-long instruction manual into the head of a pin.

From Science Daily Aug. 13, 2026

As a result, the retailer’s customer traffic and store transactions have fallen below executives’ expectations, squeezing sales and profit and knocking roughly 32% off the stock price this year.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

His heart went from squeezing to thumping too hard when he recognized Josie’s familiar spiky handwriting on the paper.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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