The government's resistance to price increases leaves consumer-product companies in a tight spot.
Sinn Fein have made the best of a tight spot in propaganda terms.
The Lebanese government might find itself in a tight spot if there is proof that the three men are linked to Hezbollah.
It also puts FirstGroup in a tight spot shares swiftly plummeted by 20%.
He may have pretended to be, argues David Marsh, an author and expert on the euro, but Mr. Cameron helped him out of a tight spot.
There was a tangible sense of relief at full-time at the Emirates after Fabregas, not for the first time, provided the spark that rescued the north Londoners from a tight spot.
Lehman Brothers economist Drew Matus thinks the Fed is in a tight spot as it heads toward its August meeting, as slowing economic growth coincides with an inflation level that's outside Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's comfort zone.
We already are seeing some early efforts to make this happen, such as built-in navigational systems, Bluetooth devices for hands-free phone calls and stream music, and sensors and cameras that help a driver park in a tight spot.
He told us right up front that he felt he was just too old and too nervous to go out on patrol and that, because of his nerves, we couldn't depend on him if we got in a tight spot.
The analysis by Ricardo and Bernstein shows the carmakers are in a tight spot: given motorists' aversion to the cost of electrics and hybrids, the quickest route towards meeting the deadlines for cutting emissions is to invest heavily in cleaning up their petrol and diesel cars.
The man can reel off 98 mile-per-hour fastballs at the letters at will when he's in a tight spot, and so watching him nick corners and change speeds is like watching Carmelo Anthony pass and set picks: not what you're paying for and totally beside the point.
Its distinctive square bottle was less likely to break when packed tight, and easy to spot across a smoky bar.
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Despite Suarez sealing the three points with a stunning second-half strike from a tight angle, the crucial breakthrough that infuriated Bruce so much was the spot-kick awarded 11 minutes before the interval.
The distinctive diamond-shape cabinets provide high rigidity for tight and deep bass reproduction, and cater for a very wide sweet-spot, filling even large rooms with music from these impressive compact speakers.
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