strapped
Americanadjective
adjective
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The company ground back, funding real-estate investment trust Service Properties Trust and data-center company Applied Digital, as well as many companies strapped for cash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Granted it’s one in which Neill, strapped in a straitjacket, screams things like “I’m not insane!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
With prices now rising faster than wages, financially strapped consumers are putting more purchases on their credit cards.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
Raducanu had her left thigh strapped after slipping on the grass while changing direction in the fifth game of the second set of her quarter-final.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
The mob dispersed, and people headed off to other, equally dangerous rides where they were strapped into harnesses and jerked into the sky to tempt their own untimely deaths.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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