pincer movement
Britishnoun
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Under the tutelage of Jason Taylor—a Hall-of-Fame QB hunter in the NFL—Bain and Mesidor form a pincer movement to attack passers from each edge of the defensive line.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026
Last month they seized the village of Prechystivka to the west and Vodyane to the east to complete a pincer movement.
From BBC • Oct. 2, 2024
In recent months, they had been slowly advancing through relentless assaults, in a pincer movement.
From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2024
It is a pincer movement of science and philosophy that will, ultimately, crack the mystery of consciousness.
From Scientific American • Nov. 7, 2023
New Los Angeles, its back protected by the Salton Sea, was, like the original one, subjected to a pincer movement which strangled the promising life from it before it was two years old.
From Greener Than You Think by Moore, Ward
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