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When they film themselves preening on their phones, with the images projected onto the giant mirrors, Claire and Solange use filters that turn their sallow, pinched faces into plump-lipped, high-cheekboned ones that suggest Kim Kardashian.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

But firms say the exodus of individual money from the business could ease the competition that’s pinched lending margins and exacerbated the profit pinch from declining interest rates.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Iridescent skin, bright eyes, and ears elegantly pinched at the tops.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton




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