as in to eke out
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Verb
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Wall Street is forecasting that the company will eke out a slight profit in 2025.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
23 July 2025 -
Chinese firms collectively dominate market share in an industry, but individual companies struggle to eke out a consistent profit.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
22 July 2025
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When cold fronts and other weather systems come along, that moisture can get wrung out, like squeezing a water-laden sponge, yielding heavy and often highly localized downpours.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
20 July 2025
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Capitalism, which generously expanded classical recording, could abruptly squeeze it, even destroy it.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
20 July 2025
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Keep your eyes peeled for the famous herd of Banker horses, thought to be descended from those that survived Spanish shipwrecks 500 years ago.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
28 July 2025
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In the show, two chefs divide a group of struggling culinary hopefuls into opposing teams and sharpen their cooking skills through tips and tutorials so that a cook from their team can survive elimination and walk away with a sweet-as-pie cash prize of $25,000.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
28 July 2025
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The practice lasted 90 minutes, and without pads, but Glenn was in the middle of everything.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
23 July 2025
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However, the residency doesn’t last long: Conrad gets himself fired after refusing to take a break upon hearing about Steven’s accident, which leads to him mislabeling blood vials.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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But helping with the dishes could naturally have kids wringing out sponges and emptying glasses into the sink, no special setup required.—
Christine Carrig,
The Atlantic,
21 July 2025
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Despite this, Audi’s been able to wring more power out of the mill.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
19 June 2025
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But training those drivers is expensive, Merrifield said, so colleges can’t necessarily afford to enroll more students.—
Natalie Yahr,
jsonline.com,
19 July 2025
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Teams are afforded three two-way contracts per season.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
19 July 2025
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In the years since her death, Winehouse's legacy has been carried on through documentaries, a biography, a foundation and, most recently, a biopic.—
Alex Gurley,
People.com,
23 July 2025
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But more so just to get that first one done, so that the progression can carry on, that’s the most exciting thing.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 July 2025
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Cornyn's challenge will be to wrest significant numbers of those voters back to his side.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Set in the tumultuous early twenty-tens, as Brazil prepared for the World Cup and the Olympics, the novel tracks how Rocinha changes as military police push into the neighborhood, attempting to wrest control from powerful local gangs.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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“Scrape (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrape%20%28out%29. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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