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tight squeeze





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Even the roomiest home might be a tight squeeze.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 29, 2026

But because some kinds of spending - like health or defence - are getting significant extra cash, there's a tight squeeze on day-to-day spending more or less everywhere else.

From BBC • May 24, 2025

Not far from the sign, Marini walks through a narrow opening in a stack of boulders — a tight squeeze when rescuers are carrying someone out on a stretcher.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2024

With pipes coming together in a confined area, it was a tight squeeze to make repairs, with only one worker at a time working in the manhole accessing the junction.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2024

Mom wraps an arm around me and gives a tight squeeze.

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio