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For a woman who Hollywood exiles into the Nevada desert, only for her to build an empire and return to Los Angeles to conquer the industry, besting cancer should be a cinch.

From Salon ● May 29, 2026

The cinch belts were not my friends: I was short-waisted, and with a cinch belt, looked like two tomatoes, one on top of the other.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025

Getting around this city is a cinch since Columbia is known for its efficient public transportation options.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2025

After all, Harris is not just a woman running for president, but she’s the first woman of color to cinch the Democratic nomination.

From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2024

I strapped my travelsack into a saddlebag, checked the cinch and stirrups, then swung myself up onto Keth-Selhan’s back.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

The zipper cinches the insulated hood close to the face, keeping the neck and head cozy in wind.

From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2023

“It goes over my entire face and cinches up, so just my nostrils are out,” he said.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 30, 2023

“I ride them. I told them all they got saddle cinches on their sides because I have tightened that thing so hard riding them. They have done a great job.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2021

Then, he cinches his weight belt tight around his trim waist and makes his final approach.

From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2018

My bladder cinches, and I feel like I might pee my pants.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

The nostalgic tone of the collection was captured by some attendees who praised the juxtaposition of pieces, resulting in fluid, less cinched silhouettes reminiscent of 1940s Hollywood.

From Barron's ● May 14, 2026

He got an extra 3% out of Sarnoff in part by blithely insisting that he would still leave for a long-planned vacation, incommunicado, before the deal was cinched.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

The pouch is then filled with batting and stitched and cinched to secure.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2025

Under those finance deals, car dealers were paid more in commission if they cinched a higher interest rate on the loan.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2025

Her white robe was cinched around her torso with silver braid.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Trade tensions between the U.S. and China sent stocks on another roller-coaster ride Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average cinching its biggest intraday comeback since April.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025

The Cougars compensated for his injury by cinching up their defense, forcing Texas Tech into several shot-clock violations.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2024

Up in the bucket of the scissor lift, she maneuvered through her huge cat’s cradle, cinching lines and crocheting them with larger stitched panels to create dense splashes of color among the trees.

From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023

When Rachel once put on pants for work and found they were way too loose at the waist, she solved the problem by visiting a tailor cinching them tighter with an office binder clip.

From Washington Post ● May 6, 2021

His arms wrapped around her waist, cinching her to him, and she put her hands in his hair, feeling the silken strands between her fingers.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon