Manage one's existence barely.
1 He tried his best to squeeze by it, but it was very difficult.
2 As the young men tried to squeeze by , the confederate looked up, annoyed.
3 Barely room to squeeze by this obstruction existed at the doorway.
4 Lauren stood so Nikki could squeeze by to get a view of the corpse.
5 Inside, people squeeze by each other on staircases and corridors.
6 I shook my head and turned to allow her and Hayes to squeeze by .
7 He had managed to widen the narrowest squeeze by chipping the rock with his chisel.
8 The stake-out car at the end of the road backed up to let him squeeze by .
9 I meant to be very early, people do look so cross when you squeeze by them.
10 She has to squeeze by Kent.
11 The girl turned in the aisle to let him squeeze by but otherwise did not seem to notice him.
12 Bodman told reporters he believed the incident was an anomaly, most likely caused by a short squeeze by professional traders.
13 I parked as close to the apartment building as possible, leaving barely enough room for a car to squeeze by me.
14 I offered Joyce the bunch, which she took with a smile, giving my hand a little squeeze by way of gratitude.
15 U.S.-led attempts to encourage banks to end a liquidity squeeze by lending to each other again have been met with market scepticism.
16 They were now beginning to put on a squeeze by threatening to call a congressman-and nothing chills blood faster in the military.
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