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One example Lewis gives: The hot rolling mill, which squeezes red hot steel slabs into giant coils, at U.S.

Last week, the company said that earnings in its latest quarter were squeezed by price pressures, bird flu and a fire that damaged its Arkansas peanut butter production facility.

Grocery bills are also squeezing Americans’ budgets, with the cost of food at home rising 2.7% year over year in September, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ consumer-price index.

If Washington is hoping that its military squeeze may encourage Venezuelans to take matters into their own hands, the domestic scene is less favorable.

Still, he says, the entertainment industry has been "squeezed...and kind of attacked in some instances".