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  • past participle of pinch.
  • past tense form of pinch.

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“We have the beach on one side and the bay on the other. ... We’re just pinched in between. And generally it’s just a beautiful thing,” Sharp said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

The U.N. secretary-general, a global mediator and administrator to a vast bureaucracy created after World War II, has limited power and an increasingly pinched budget.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Earlier in the tour, Breetzke made a century in the first one-day international but drew the ire of the Australians when he pinched a single after a throw rebounded off his body.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

This is the soft layer of fat immediately below the skin that can be "pinched."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

Then she stepped to her left but was pinched in from that direction as well.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan


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