be squeezed

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Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing in the realm of nature, whether sacred or profane, out of which profit cannot be squeezed. Desiderius Erasmus

All the tolerance of persecution that has seeped into the Jewish character - the adaptability, the patience, the resignation, the silence, the self-denial - must be squeezed out, until the only response there is to any restriction of liberties is "No, I refuse." Philip Roth

[T]he ideal of the rugged individual opening up the American West is still applied as an essential truth to ten million citizens living in the small area of New York City, as if ten million bulls should and could be squeezed into a china shop. John Ralston Saul

You want the story to end when it's supposed to and not be squeezed for somebody's financial gain. Lauren Graham

Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed. Ali

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