tight spot
Example Sentences
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The Bank of Japan is also in a tight spot, as not raising interest rates may lead to accelerating inflation and depreciation of the yen, but doing so could hurt the economy.
From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026
Above-target price increases and a weak labor market put the Fed in a tight spot.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
Clever as they are, both parties make it out of a tight spot just fine, but it’s Bob who’s left to pick up the pieces.
From Salon • Sep. 28, 2025
Another crab keeper, Mary Akers, once witnessed a crab stuck in a tight spot chirping until a friend came to rescue it.
From Slate • Aug. 19, 2025
We hadn’t scammed Robbie, but we’d worked him in a way that felt downright sleazy, and I’d ended up in a tight spot.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
