tight squeeze
noun
: a situation in which people or things are very crowded together
It'll be a tight squeeze, but we can all fit in one car.
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That’ll be a tight squeeze to fit Ekblad, Marchand and the salaries for a pair of restricted free agents in forward Mackie Samoskevich and backup goaltender Daniil Tarasov.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 June 2025
My only criticism is that these tents can be a tight squeeze.
—Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 7 June 2025
What to Consider Fitting your computer in here can be a tight squeeze.
—Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2025
The Capitol rotunda was a tight squeeze — roughly 600 people — denying lawmakers the chance to sit with their families.
—Axios, 20 Jan. 2025
Snug in a fabric cradle where handlers appreciated his history as a chill dude, Lil Joe ascended in a tight squeeze through a skylight toward the inky black of 2 a.m. overhead.
—Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2025
The roomette and bedroom options can each fit up to two adults (although the former can be a tight squeeze), and the bedroom suite combines two adjoining rooms.
—Jean Trinh, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2024
But a one-week tournament with 128 singles players and 80 doubles teams across the genders is already a tight squeeze, and then rain washed out all but 10 matches on the covered stadium courts on the tournament’s opening day.
—Zack Pierce, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024
The cheapest $100 Android phones come with at least 32GB of storage now, and even that will be a tight squeeze for many users.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 23 Apr. 2024
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 June 2025
My only criticism is that these tents can be a tight squeeze.
—Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 7 June 2025
What to Consider Fitting your computer in here can be a tight squeeze.
—Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2025
The Capitol rotunda was a tight squeeze — roughly 600 people — denying lawmakers the chance to sit with their families.
—Axios, 20 Jan. 2025
Snug in a fabric cradle where handlers appreciated his history as a chill dude, Lil Joe ascended in a tight squeeze through a skylight toward the inky black of 2 a.m. overhead.
—Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2025
The roomette and bedroom options can each fit up to two adults (although the former can be a tight squeeze), and the bedroom suite combines two adjoining rooms.
—Jean Trinh, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2024
But a one-week tournament with 128 singles players and 80 doubles teams across the genders is already a tight squeeze, and then rain washed out all but 10 matches on the covered stadium courts on the tournament’s opening day.
—Zack Pierce, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024
The cheapest $100 Android phones come with at least 32GB of storage now, and even that will be a tight squeeze for many users.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 23 Apr. 2024
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“Tight squeeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tight%20squeeze. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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