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Twitter, which no longer has a communications department, did not respond on Tuesday to a request for comment on the auction, which comes as the company has been squeezing costs to stabilize its finances.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2023

Federal Reserve and other central banks have made similar large rate increases to fight inflation that has been squeezing people around the world.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2022

The moves came as the rising cost of living has been squeezing households and putting pressure on policymakers to bring the issue under control.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2022

Low-wage and middle-class Americans remain caught in the same vise that has been squeezing them for decades.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2020

Hanoi has been squeezing Washington partly because it worries that despite U.S. reassurances Nixon might be tempted to stiffen his peace terms once the U.S. election is successfully out of his way.

From Time Magazine Archive