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When people feel economically pinched, they often try to clean house.

"They tend to have larger families, they tend to be more working class, so they are probably — compared to some other groups, like whites — more likely to be pinched by higher inflation," Coleman told Salon in a phone interview.

Ultimately what cost Democrats among blue-collar voters across demographic groups was the perception that they were to blame for high prices and pinched budgets.

England's bid to win the last World Cup ended in dramatic fashion when the Black Ferns pinched a line-out in the last play of the final to seal their triumph.

Then I sprained my neck and shoulder recently at the gym, which concurrently pinched a nerve.