feel the pinch

Example Sentences

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“We’re losing them to grocery and food at home. They feel the pinch and we feel the pullback from them,” he said.

From MarketWatch

He believes that if the labor market continues to weaken, at some point consumers will feel the pinch, threatening a key pillar of the U.S. economy.

From MarketWatch

“It is one of our core consumer cohorts. They feel the pinch and we feel the pullback from them as well.”

From Salon

Two-tenths of 1% might not sound like much, but it means that many Americans may feel the pinch as they try to make ends meet.

From MarketWatch

She said the state is “absolutely going to be looking at every way that we can fill the void given our resources, but we are going to feel the pinch of this.”

From Los Angeles Times