If upheld, the decision would put the city in a financial bind since money raised by the sale is already being spent.

Soon she would be out of this financial bind forever.

The state was in a financial bind at the time.

They cannot back out later if they get into a financial bind.

But the state is also in a financial bind, and we need to make sacrifices together.

Or is it more important to help shareholders caught in a financial bind?

"We are not in any financial bind at the moment," he said.

That's a good thing, since he'll have nothing but bad news this week when he announces plans to deal with the city's historic financial bind.

"We're not trying to put them in a financial bind," the licensing director told the paper.

With the city's own severe financial bind, they said, it did not have extra funds to help the university.