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Big picture: Higher inflation has pinched households and raised costs for businesses.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

In recent weeks, soaring gasoline prices and climbing mortgage rates pinched consumers already unhappy about the high cost of living.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

You’re able to evade feeling pinched by the noose of transactional cosmopolitianism.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Sales there have been challenged, Falorni says, partly owing to lower-income consumers feeling pinched.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

The badger was looking at him, her face pinched with the most distressed expression.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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