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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
Many of the hand-wringing pieces written at the 2014 World Cup were in the English language, as is this article.
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Jack Lang,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
Lindsay is eternally clocking in to do her job, to make sure that the sponge of this show has been so thoroughly wrung that there is not even a droplet of drama left inside.
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Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
10 June 2026
Thibs, as he is called, is a lovable grump and an enjoyable sideline presence who had a knack for wringing great, gritty performances out of his team of questing try-hards.
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Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
2 June 2026
The Family of Apps tiers are wringing more money out of the existing social media platforms.
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Zev Fima,
CNBC,
28 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for wring
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
Lindsay is eternally clocking in to do her job, to make sure that the sponge of this show has been so thoroughly wrung that there is not even a droplet of drama left inside.
—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
10 June 2026
Thibs, as he is called, is a lovable grump and an enjoyable sideline presence who had a knack for wringing great, gritty performances out of his team of questing try-hards.
—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
2 June 2026
The Family of Apps tiers are wringing more money out of the existing social media platforms.
—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
28 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for wring
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wring
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The necessity of it to my defence against a more heinous charge could alone have extorted from me so painful an indecorum.
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Perhaps our two states should work in coordination to address our relative strengths and weaknesses together instead of allowing billionaire NFL ownership to extort one state over another.
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Pediatric surgeons earn $450,810 a year, on average, as of 2024, according to federal data.
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Recognizing her extraordinary intellect, the Wheatley family educated her, and by age 20 her poetry had earned publication in London.
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Fire alarms sounded after a resident pulled the alarm, prompting crews to evacuate buildings as a precaution.
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Sorloth played high, facilitating Arsenal midfielder Martin Odegaard to rotate wide and pull deeper to get on the ball.
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Once sufficient displays of submission had been extracted, would the bankrollers of the civic-education movement redirect their largesse back toward places like that?
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Those contracts call for Next Hydrogen to design and deliver an electrolyzer that extracts tritium from heavy water, a critical process for preparing fuel used in future fusion reactors.
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As artificial intelligence transforms the job market and rising living costs squeeze family budgets, the University of California system is making the case that its degrees remain valuable investments.
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Breweries may not have the budget or staff to create art and with rising costs squeezing small businesses, many breweries started to feature obvious generative AI art prominently as a way to talk about events or create content.
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Exonerees in Georgia have a new pathway to obtain compensation from the state, which Pugh intends to pursue, but that process takes time.
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Authorities confirmed the match after obtaining his DNA from trash.
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It’s meant to be as is her ability to pluck him from the clouds and pin him to the table with her directness.
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But when they’re plucked from the garden and washed, some of the wax washes away.
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Then, five days after the best start of his young MLB career coincided with one of his worst moments, he was yanked after just 2 1/3 innings in Sunday’s 11-5 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Winco also yanked about 13,500 Roman Candles 8 Shot 3-Pack Firework Devices.
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“Wring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wring. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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