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as in to pry
to draw out by force or with effort
willing to use torture if necessary in order to wring the information out of the terrorist
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Recent Examples of wring
The tension between the desire to make something outside the self and the inability to fulfill that desire coils inside them, wringing out their psyches.
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Audrey Wollen, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2025
Two private equity firms' efforts to wring profits out of hospitals in underserved communities put patients in danger, according to a new report released Tuesday by a powerful Senate committee.
—Michael Kaplan, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2025
Join 18 others in the comments View Comments Never underestimate the power of airlines to cleverly wring more money from its customers.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
The results, while still a little rough around the edges, show how much extra longevity can be wrung from simple tweaks to existing gameplay.
—Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2025
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Audrey Wollen, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2025
Two private equity firms' efforts to wring profits out of hospitals in underserved communities put patients in danger, according to a new report released Tuesday by a powerful Senate committee.
—Michael Kaplan, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2025
Join 18 others in the comments View Comments Never underestimate the power of airlines to cleverly wring more money from its customers.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
The results, while still a little rough around the edges, show how much extra longevity can be wrung from simple tweaks to existing gameplay.
—Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wring
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Moira created a hemorrhagic fever and stole the antidote in attempt to extort millions of dollars from biotech executives by threatening another global pandemic.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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When a mentally disturbed neighbor sets herself on fire and a slumlord tries to extort money from them, the family gets tangled in the corruption that keeps a stranglehold on the slum’s inhabitants.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Brunson earned 70 first-place votes, 24 second-place votes, and four votes for third place, hauling in 426 points — 114 more than three-time MVP, Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2025
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Hotel mix-up: An anonymous Chinese national who earned a Ph.D. at a Chicago-area university and now works under OPT acknowledges he was charged with unlawfully photographing defense installations.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
23 Apr. 2025
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Brands began to pull together resources to support refugees.—
Stephan Rabimov,
Forbes,
13 Feb. 2023
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The 13-minute performance will likely call for a healthy dose of vibrant, colored lighting to pull it all together.—
Kelly Allen,
House Beautiful,
10 Feb. 2023
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For years, researchers have been experimenting with quantization techniques that squeeze their neural network weights into smaller memory envelopes.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 Apr. 2025
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Consumer confidence has taken a nosedive in 2025 as Americans grow more concerned that inflation could spike again, and tariffs will squeeze their wallets.—
Austin Denean,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Apr. 2025
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Agents and detectives interviewed family members and obtained DNA samples to confirm the identities, according to Nassau County Police Detective Captain Stephen Fitzpatrick.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2025
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Under terms of the event agreement obtained by Sportico, the university will retain all the net ticket revenue for premium and club seats for the Bananas game, while the Bananas keep all net ticket revenue from the stadium’s general seating sections.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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The White Sox used it last winter to make a significant addition, plucking right-hander Shane Smith from Milwaukee.—
Phil Rogers,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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This seaside haven looks like it was plucked from a mid-century souvenir postcard, but a recent $10-million overhaul by Maine hotelier Tim Harrington has ushered the 89-year-old resort into the modern era.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Apr. 2025
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This role leverages your technical skills in algorithms and machine learning to predict outcomes and extract meaningful insights from raw data.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Russian officials have reiterated Putin's rejection of a 30-day full ceasefire proposal, blaming Kyiv for failure in talks and trying to extract U.S. concessions.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Apr. 2025
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Two years on and the Sudanese army has managed to wrest back control of the capital Khartoum.—
Emmanuel Akinwotu,
NPR,
15 Apr. 2025
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Trump on Wednesday talked about wresting manufacturing jobs back to the United States, a process that could take years.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Wring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wring. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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