squeezed

While originally coined in Britain by the head of the Labour Party Ed Miliband, the phrase "squeezed middle" resonated with the American lexicographers as well.

ABC News: Top Stories 2011

Does or has anybody in the USA used the phrase squeezed middle?

BBC News - Home 2011

The phrase "squeezed middle" is defined by the Oxford University Press as "the section of society regarded as particularly affected by inflation, wage freezes, and cuts in public spending during a time of economic difficulty, consisting principally of those people on low or middle incomes."

ABC News: Top Stories 2011

The Labour leader has seized on the launch of an independent think tank inquiry to renew his focus on what he calls the "squeezed middle" - and admit Labour forgot them in the past.

Evening Standard - Home 2011

He will talk much of what he calls the "squeezed middle", the low and middle-income families feeling the pain of lower living standards and job insecurity as the economy stagnates.

BBC News - Home 2011

(Of course, by another "SNL" tradition, anybody in any given cast can "do" Lorne Michaels; just extend your lower lip, grasp a glass of white wine, and let your words come out as if being squeezed from a shammy.)

Tom Shales reviews the opening show of SNL's 36th season Tom Shales 2010

So: a big dollop of cadmium green squeezed from the tube, a little chromium oxide green, a smidgeon of cobalt blue, a hint of hansa yellow pale to balance it, some titanium white to lighten it.

Archive 2009-02-01 Hal Duncan 2009

But, in many schools, particularly in big city schools that are low performing, subjects that make for an expanded curriculum rather than narrowed, like the arts and physical education, have been squeezed from the school day.

Richard Kessler: Waiting for all the Superheroes Richard Kessler 2010

- Because every single drop of nostalgia must be squeezed from the '90s, the next Foo Fighters album will find Dave Grohl teaming with his old Nirvana bandmate Krist Novoselic and "Nevermind" producer Butch Vig.

Sugarland tops Kings of Leon on charts; Grohl, Novoselic, Vig back together; Bon Jovi to Verizon, Wu-Tang to Falls Church David Malitz 2010

But, in many schools, particularly in big city schools that are low performing, subjects that make for an expanded curriculum rather than narrowed, like the arts and physical education, have been squeezed from the school day.

Richard Kessler: Waiting for all the Superheroes Richard Kessler 2010