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But the same vise they’re in is being felt acutely by many governmental and nontech private concerns, like restaurants.

Koufax created a vise between his middle finger and the knuckle on his ring finger.

“It’s like having a big block of ice in a vise and you are just slowly cranking up the vise,” he said.

Doctors caught in this vise are in effect being told that they must allow a pregnant woman’s condition to deteriorate until she is near death before they can act.

“Our sanctions today continue to tighten the vise on willing third-country suppliers and networks providing Russia the inputs it desperately needs to ramp up and sustain its military-industrial base.”