vise
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State Legislatures are caught in a legal vise.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025
But the same vise they’re in is being felt acutely by many governmental and nontech private concerns, like restaurants.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024
It’s no cause for alarm, but it felt as if a vise were being twisted tighter and tighter around my chest.
From Slate • Nov. 26, 2023
Some voiced confidence that the legal vise on the Russian leader would only grow tighter.
From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2023
It was like someone had crushed my chest in a vise, spinning the handle until every ounce of air and courage had been squeezed out of me.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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