vise
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When she contracted Asian flu, the virus paralyzed her with “a vise cluster of migraines.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025
An examination of the tightening vise in which Jews in the Netherlands—whether German-Jewish refugees like the Franks or longtime residents—found themselves is hampered, again, by storytelling problems.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 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
It was like someone had crushed my chest in a vise, spinning the handle until every ounce of air and courage had been squeezed out of me.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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