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vise

[vahys] / vaɪs /
NOUN
clamp
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State Legislatures are caught in a legal vise.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

It’s no cause for alarm, but it felt as if a vise were being twisted tighter and tighter around my chest.

From Slate • Nov. 26, 2023

To the moody strains of Sheik’s alt-rock score, the vise of adolescence is captured in a story about pubescent youths rebelling against the warping will of adult hypocrisy and repression.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2023

Wall Street dropped after big U.S. companies delivered a mixed set of profit reports and rising Treasury yields tightened the vise further on the stock market.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 2023

That relief vanished a moment later when I spotted Salzburg clutching Regan’s arm in a vise grip.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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