pincer
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Having already seized New York City, Britain’s Gen. William Howe ordered a pincer advance on the fort—a defensive position built on Manhattan, 300 feet above the Hudson River—driving American troops into its walls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
It was enormous and looked like the bottom half of a lobster’s pincer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025
Last month they seized the village of Prechystivka to the west and Vodyane to the east to complete a pincer movement.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2024
I think you are trapped in this pincer of worrying deeply about the integrity of the court and also, at the same time, critiquing it.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2024
When they hit the water, they fan out, forming a pincer like a crab's.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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