Sentences with phrase «a pinch»

Why you should care: Need a blowout in a pinch?

Companies lay off workers, consumers stop spending, and the average American experiences a financial pinch.

But companies are still feeling the pinch of the massive glut of oil worldwide, which has brought down markets and remains a major policy discussion among international producers.

Indeed, most farmers across Canada are feeling the pinch.

When that happens, the demographic pinch is likely to force China's economy to switch from low - cost exporter to advanced welfare state faster than any large nation has ever done before.

Even the fact that I couldn't do a five - finger pinch on the trackpad to see all my apps was annoying at first.

Sure the swiping, tapping and scrolling are all here, but the familiar gestures like pinch to zoom are gone.

The dollar's run - up over the past six months is pinching small exporters, who say they're facing pricing pressure and overseas competition.

Crabill says they fall into three categories: disgruntled 35 - 45 year olds (like me) who see cable as a fundamental rip - off and now refuse to pay for it; low - income or penny pinching folks who decide they can't afford $ 100 cable bills; millennials who like TV, but don't understand why people would sign up for a cable contract in the first place.

For these third party sellers, and especially for dropshippers, this could represent a significant financial pinch.

The workspace: Goodson didn't pinch pennies when it came to workstations.

He's on a crusade to rescue 35 - to 55 - year - old women and men from the perils of pinching their long - abused feet into ill - fitting shoes.

Many small businesses don't have large budgets for marketing and promotion and they typically try to pinch pennies on their website.

But it wasn't just grocery stores feeling a stock pinch the day the deal was announced.

I've been loading up my meal inventory with this dish, and it never fails to get me out of a pinch.

Pinpointing the right part of your recipe (campaign) to bring out the flavor of your content or to build your following may need a pinch of this, or a dash of that but the recipe is still the same.

Arredondo tied a cloth tourniquet around one of Bauman's legs and pinched Bauman's bleeding artery closed on the other.

If it's easier for you, you can even pinch the ring and place it into a tampon applicator which will help provide more leverage for insertion.

Even the most successful business owners pinched pennies when starting up — and many still do.

The company's cloud - based software enables its users to tap directly into suppliers» data and spot pinch points across the whole supply chain.

Watch the tutorial below from Real Simple where you can see that the chef, after cracking her egg, gently pinches the crack to ensure a clean break before dumping the yolk into the bowl.

The armrests have a no - pinch feature.

While Uber raises money so it can grow, grow, and grow, Fasten penny pinches, careful to expand in a slow, money - conscious manner.

While other entrepreneurs sprinkle a pinch of green into their product lines, Surace's phalanx of the climate - change army is waging a war — a «third industrial revolution,» in his characteristically exalted vernacular.

You insert it similar to the way you would insert a tampon, pinching it into an oblong shape.

That's when the unusual numbness in her hand began, which she — and her doctor — at first mistook for a pinched nerve.

CEOs are caught between penny - pinching customers demanding value for less money and employees wanting more pay for less work.

Good morning Term Sheet readers, this is Jeff John Roberts pinch - hitting for the popular Polina today.

That shopper is still feeling pinched despite the strengthening economy, which has seen gains in employment and the stock market.

When you are on a penny - pinching budget, Bing should be your first option.

Use a popular messaging platform like Slack to provide instant access to team members in a pinch.

As a result, consumers are still feeling pinched.

And poor Dave survived the ordeal — eyes and nose streaming, saliva dripping, face pinched into a grimace — to tell about it.

A good part of Putin's political success has been based on his record of improving people's welfare, but with no relief in sight for Russia's economic troubles, it may only be a matter a time before the general populace begins to feel the pinch more sharply.

If you can't get a bank loan, ask your boss if you can finance the purchase out of profits on a schedule that doesn't pinch the company's cash flow, says Joseph Fulvio, a management consultant for startups and emerging businesses.

But other recently released reports suggest small businesses more acutely felt Sandy's pinch.

«You have to let go of the small - business mentality to be able to take the next step,» Herjavec said, explaining that the penny - pinching habits of most small companies can only get them so far.

Sure, the samples will only last you a couple of days (at most), but it's an easy way to pinch pennies every now and again.

I like his penny pinching, and I'm skeptical of the promises I heard from the other Democrats: free college for everyone, more Social Security, and subsidized health care and higher education, even for undocumented immigrants.

These can be neighbors who will watch your kids in a pinch, friends who promote your business, or past colleagues who are willing to introduce you to valuable contacts.

The chain expanded into the InterContinental brand under Pan Am ownership for 35 years before the airline's financial pinch caused it to sell the hotels in 1981.

Many people are already pinching pennies.

With people off on holiday, «summer means you might have to tackle projects without a critical team member, or pinch - hit for a co-worker to keep the wheels turning,» says Brazen Careerist.

CALGARY — Commodity prices are tanking and they're bringing Canadian markets down with them, but experts say some provinces will be feeling the pinch more than others.

«Mobile devices are completely changing the way we interact with information,» says Brian Fling, president of pinch / zoom, a mobile and Web application development agency based in Seattle.

Get your morning kick in a pinch with this full immersion coffeemaker.

(Sure, an iPhone user can view most normal desktop websites, but pinching and zooming in on tiny links may not translate to the best consumer experience.)

Her mom couldn't afford a house, so Ellen DeGeneres decided when she grew up, she wouldn't spend her time pinching pennies.

«The cities that will feel the biggest pinch?

Apple won big in the early rounds but has since suffered some huge setbacks, including a rejection by U.S. patent authorities of its treasured pinch - to - zoom feature.