vise
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State Legislatures are caught in a legal vise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025
But the same vise they’re in is being felt acutely by many governmental and nontech private concerns, like restaurants.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
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
A hammer intends to strike, a vise intends to hold fast, a lever intends to lift.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
Much higher bills were seen at less frequently vised restaurants, like Chick-fil-A, Capriotti’s and Taco Bell, which cost the state about $25,100, $20,300 and $13,300, respectively.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 26, 2019
The current owner, Barbara Jenik, opened the door, an aggrieved Chihuahua vised into her armpit.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2017
Methodism, vised by its geographical Bishop, promised to repay the money owed you.
From Time Magazine Archive
John McCoy, finding his right arm vised between the girder and the roof of his cab, let out a yell that brought firemen, a priest and a doctor.
From Time Magazine Archive
You seem almost a man these days, Jeth; even yore hair ain’t quite as yaller and curly as it vised to be.”
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
There is just time left to confirm that Anderson and Piper are both more regular customers at Pizza Express than Prince Andrew, who famously told Maitlis about vising the chain.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2024
Opposition politicians also are vising the region en masse, with the Republican People’s party leader Ozgur Ozel attending the commemorations in Hatay before travelling to Gaziantep and Kahramanmaras.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
Tile drains are then placed directly under the curb line and a 6×16-in. curb is constructed, vising 1-2-4 concrete faced with 1-2 mortar.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers
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