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tight spot

Idioms  

  1. see under in a bind.

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Above-target price increases and a weak labor market put the Fed in a tight spot.

From The Wall Street Journal

Super Micro also found itself in a tight spot in August 2024, when a report by a short seller raised concerns about the firm’s accounting practices.

From Barron's

These revolutionary changes seem to put workers in a tight spot.

From The Wall Street Journal

Simon does have powers — things shake, break or explode around him when he’s upset, and his strength can become super in a tight spot — which puts him in the sights of the Department of Damage Control, embodied by Arian Moayed as P. Cleary, who would like to contain him.

From Los Angeles Times

That has put the company in a tight spot, after US sanctions on NIS came into effect last month over its ties to Russia's energy industry.

From BBC

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