the squeeze
noun
informal
: a situation that causes feelings of stress and pressure
We are really feeling the squeeze since I lost my job.
The government is putting the squeeze on tax evaders.
Examples of the squeeze in a Sentence
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China ‘feeling the squeeze’ of the Philippines' publicity approach
The intensity of Manila's campaign has surprised its neighbors.
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Fox News, 20 June 2024
The industry feels the squeeze As younger consumers lose interest and baby boomers age out of drinking, the wine industry is suffering from oversupply.
—Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week Us, theweek, 9 Apr. 2024
The leads may have been cost-effective to acquire, but the juice was still never really worth the squeeze.
—Mindful Media, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2024
Recent proposals to relax pressure on the oil-producing states of Venezuela and Iran in order to tighten the squeeze on Russia follow naturally from a free world foreign policy.
—Peter Slezkine, Foreign Affairs, 6 May 2022
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Fox News, 20 June 2024
The industry feels the squeeze As younger consumers lose interest and baby boomers age out of drinking, the wine industry is suffering from oversupply.
—Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week Us, theweek, 9 Apr. 2024
The leads may have been cost-effective to acquire, but the juice was still never really worth the squeeze.
—Mindful Media, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2024
Recent proposals to relax pressure on the oil-producing states of Venezuela and Iran in order to tighten the squeeze on Russia follow naturally from a free world foreign policy.
—Peter Slezkine, Foreign Affairs, 6 May 2022
See all Example Sentences for the squeeze
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“The squeeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20squeeze. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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