pinching
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"There's only so much penny pinching you can do on everything and then realise that every penny you've pinched is still not covering all your bills and your outgoings."
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
At the Unitree booth, a robot made a sandwich with two slices of bread and a single piece of lettuce, pinching the leaf to assemble it.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
“He was always pinching himself about the life that he had — the stories, the adventures, and his luck.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
“And now, here we are. We’re just pinching ourselves and asking, ‘Is it real?'”
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026
I make a pinching motion with two fingers and a thumb.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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