How to Use feel the pinch in a Sentence
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Consumers across the board feel the pinch when its prices rise.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 11 May 2022
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Consumers will also feel the pinch.
—Inu Manak, Time, 16 Jan. 2026
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That raise is enough for some workers who are beginning to feel the pinch.
—Dan Catchpole and Allison Lampert, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
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Banks are pulling back on lending, and households are starting to feel the pinch.
—Gina Heeb, WSJ, 10 Apr. 2023
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When those programs expire, more consumers could feel the pinch.
—Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2020
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Yet football fans may still feel the pinch as prices are up 25% compared to last year.
—Olivia Rinaldi, CBS News, 22 Aug. 2022
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Russian consumers will also feel the pinch.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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However, businesses of all kinds would no doubt feel the pinch.
—Anna Nagurney, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2024
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But until then, consumers may feel the pinch in their pocketbooks.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 10 June 2021
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Its rear seat is less spacious than its rivals', and adult passengers will feel the pinch.
—Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 25 Aug. 2023
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Gas prices will spike, and this is just after tariffs made Americans feel the pinch.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
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The video game industry continues to feel the pinch of layoffs.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 July 2024
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While every energy importer will feel the pinch, not every one of them will feel it equally.
—Editorial Board, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2026
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The effort, known as a short squeeze, led to several investors who held similar shorts to feel the pinch.
—Scott Deveau, Fortune, 22 Nov. 2022
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Jaguar Land Rover owners could feel the pinch from service issues in their wallets.
—Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
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But even businesses that don’t directly use many vehicles feel the pinch.
—Rhonda Abrams, USA TODAY, 14 July 2021
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Gibson was starting to feel the pinch of a tightening industry.
—Elizabeth Weitzman, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2023
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Only weeks ago, the Russian economy was starting to feel the pinch of sanctions.
—ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
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While the wealthy may barely notice the change, low- and middle-income families will feel the pinch at every turn.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
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Those frequent customers tend to feel the pinch first during challenging economic times.
—Melissa Repko, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2024
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Farmers who are inching closer to the middle class often feel the pinch of stagnating incomes most sharply.
—Suhasini Raj, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024
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Area hospitals are already beginning to feel the pinch in emergency rooms.
—oregonlive, 7 Jan. 2022
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There’s a nagging sense that as the country braces for recession and media companies see their stock prices plunge, stars could start to feel the pinch.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 21 July 2022
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More big stories At D23, even Disney’s biggest fans feel the pinch of high park prices.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
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Atlantic County, which has one of the highest foreclosure rates in the nation, could also feel the pinch.
—Alison Burdo, ProPublica, 2 June 2022
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Nonetheless, if streamers are looking to cut back, talent reps fear that the mid- and lower-level actors will feel the pinch the most.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 21 July 2022
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Stocks of smaller companies, which can feel the pinch of higher interest rates more than their bigger rivals, led the way lower.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
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The president’s approval ratings have fallen as consumers feel the pinch of higher prices for gas, groceries and housing.
—Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2021
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And turkeys are far from the only Thanksgiving delicacy where shoppers will feel the pinch.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Nov. 2022
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As a result, cooling inflation won't prove much solace to consumers, who can still expect to feel the pinch in their pocketbooks for a while longer.
—Rob Wile, NBC News, 12 Apr. 2023
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