tight spot
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Many schools relied on adjunct professors during the boom to manage the influx of computer-science students, but those schools that added tenured faculty could be in a tight spot.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
The tight spot: a home entertainment center in which the meowing kitty’s head was stuck.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The pressure campaign has put McInnis in a tight spot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The boycott put Phillips Distilling, the family-owned maker of Sour Puss based in Minnesota, into a tight spot.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
We go up to the second floor, where our bedroom is, this tight spot that wouldn’t really be all that comfortable for one person, let alone three, but we make it work.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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