Example Sentences

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The company’s routing and fleet management were inefficient, and rising competition had squeezed its revenues.

From Slate • Nov. 24, 2025

“It kind of felt to me that I had squeezed everything out of the lemon. There was nothing left,” Robitaille said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2025

The new orders index fell to 48.6 from 49.0 in April as firms said that high inflation had squeezed client budgets and that spending was cut in an effort to lower inventories.

From Reuters • Jun. 1, 2023

While most of its skeleton remained, eons under a muddy seafloor had squeezed Oda into a two-dimensional jumble of bones.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2023

Kate had squeezed behind the tables and found a numeric keypad by the covered-up doorway.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart