as in squeezing
to rob by the use of trickery or threats reamed a whole new generation of suckers with a variation of the Ponzi scheme
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Medical cost inflation surged, squeezing margins and forcing guidance lower, while Washington added uncertainty around reimbursements and oversight.—
Jay Woods, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
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At the same time, inflation has ticked higher yet again, squeezing budgets and leaving less room for aggressive repayment strategies.— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
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For some, working with soil evokes nostalgia for childhood summers, smelling thorny roses in bloom and plucking ripe tomatoes off the vine.— Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 20 Apr. 2026
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Brawley hires football coach After a months-long search, Brawley High School has hired a football coach, plucking Rick Stewart away from Calipatria.— John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
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Naumann also did Loughlin’s hair for this March outing, which marked the mother and daughters’ first red-carpet appearance together since the 2019 college admissions cheating scandal.— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 18 Apr. 2026
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Just days before the Love Island USA Season 7 reunion aired, cheating rumors began circulating online.— Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 16 Apr. 2026
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The verdict is a stinging rebuke to the Department of Justice, which settled with Live Nation early in the trial, leaving it to the states to litigate to a verdict.— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
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Live Nation ain’t turning the other cheek to a stinging jury verdict today that labeled the Ticketmaster-owning concert and talent promoter a monopoly.— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2026
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To make a profit from their business, American companies sent their manufacturing facilities overseas, screwing American workers by incurring smaller labor costs, therefore profiting rich investors who never had to work for it and used their money to make more money off the American consumer.— Jay Reddick, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2026
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All the setup required was screwing in the legs.— Noah Kaufman, Architectural Digest, 7 Mar. 2026
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Braves players worked on hustling first to third on a soft single to the outfield, or breaking toward home on a dribbler in the infield.— Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 20 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, McCutchen walked for the fourth straight game and beat out an infield single, hustling hard to first on a squibber down the third base line.— Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 15 Mar. 2026
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On the throw home, Williams advanced to second, beating a tag, and Brown raced home from third to score the third run.— Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
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Deni Avdija had 30 points, 10 rebounds and five assists for the Blazers, who advanced to the playoffs for the first time since 2021 by beating the Phoenix Suns in the Play-In Tournament.— Christian Clark, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
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Another part of the campus has dozens of roofs just sticking above the ground as the shingles freeze and bake and are soaked by Mother Nature sometimes for more than a decade for more testing.— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
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However, not everyone is sticking the landing on this.— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
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