squeeze
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Once you were finally in the exam room, your doctor tried to squeeze a lot into a short visit before moving on to the next patient.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026
The scheme is especially popular with young people in the community, who are feeling the squeeze with rising rents and the cost of living – though using it can come with hesitation.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Meanwhile wages and benefits have typically been outpacing inflation this year, lessening the squeeze for many - so far.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
The squeeze across the global refined-product markets, where gasoline, diesel and jet fuel compete for the same refinery capacity, is pushing prices higher, The Wall Street Journal’s Giulia Petroni writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
I throw my arms around him and squeeze.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Anderson currently ranks fifth on the list - and Fernandez himself squeezes into the top 10 for his £107m move to Chelsea from Benfica in February 2023.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
"It grips my heart and squeezes," wrote the Telegraph's Neil McCormick, external.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
That’s why grassroots short squeezes happen to companies like GameStop or AMC and not Amalgamated Widget Inc.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
“That is the kind of setup squeezes tend to come from,” he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Then, as we’re rounding the church, Fina squeezes my hand tighter and points.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
Alibaba stock has dropped this year as profit is squeezed by investment in artificial intelligence.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Consumers, squeezed by persistent inflation, are tightening their purse strings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Albano, her husband and her daughter moved to Duluth, Georgia, three years ago because housing costs squeezed them out of New Jersey.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
Some of the bends were squeezed into regions smaller than a billionth of a meter.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
I loved him and squeezed him and scratched behind his ears.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
This has pushed up fuel and transportation costs, squeezing consumers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Instead, the humid silence is punctuated by the diesel generators, the occasional Bluetooth speaker or the tinny buzzing of a cell phone squeezing out reggaeton, reparto or US pop.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
It is similar to squeezing a miles-long instruction manual into the head of a pin.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
Poultry companies are producing more chicken than consumers can buy, depressing wholesale prices and squeezing their profits, the WSJ’s Patrick Thomas writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Now she was squeezing his hand just as hard.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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