as in to eke out
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Verb
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The Dow ended the day down about 1%, but the Nasdaq eked out a small gain.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
7 Apr. 2025 -
The Dow Jones Industrial Average eked out a 0.1% gain, while the Nasdaq composite rose 0.5%. Technology stocks, which had been the heaviest weights on the market in the early going, bounced back to offset a big share of the declines elsewhere in the S&P 500.—
Damian J. Troise and Alex Veiga,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2025
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Carving her own musical lane in an industry so determined to squeeze her into a box has been a challenge, but PinkPantheress isn’t one to let outside voices get to her.—
Chris Malone Méndez,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Plus, this portable Bluetooth karaoke machine is small enough to squeeze into an Easter basket.—
Jacquelyn Smith,
Parents,
4 Apr. 2025
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And seriously, shouldn't surviving that nightmare initial Vula tribe designation be worth a cool million bucks?—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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To survive it, these pioneering hunters would have relied on their knowledge of prevailing winds and sea currents, and navigated by the stars and notable landmarks.—
Saul Elbein,
The Hill,
9 Apr. 2025
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That arrangement lasted for 10 years through the end of the Carter administration.—
Haisten Willis,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Apr. 2025
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Other than Maani, the list of witnesses is short and the case is expected to last only about a week.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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Brazilian pundits have wrung their hands about the lack of connection between the national team and the public for years, maybe even decades.—
Jack Lang,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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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.—
Audrey Wollen,
The New Yorker,
25 Feb. 2025
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Alvarez’s 1-for-16 start is crippling a lineup that can’t afford his anemia, one that has scored nine runs and struck four extra-base hits across its first five games.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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All of these companies are seeking to differentiate themselves in this quest — and none of them can afford to fall behind.—
Robert Kramer,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Fast forward to today, and Jonathan is carrying on the family’s tradition of quality craftsmanship — but in an entirely different world and country, his family having moved to America in the late 1970s.—
Kyle J. Russell,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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Following the passing of Alabama bandmember Jeff Cook in November 2022, Owen and Gentry carry on Alabama’s mission of bringing the group’s music to fans.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
27 Mar. 2025
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Because tariffs are, effectively, a tax on U.S. businesses that rely on foreign goods to operate, the argument goes, the President cannot wrest this power from Congress.—
Cristian Farias,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2025
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He’s tried to wrest the power of the purse from Congress, targeted political opponents for speech, had people flown to a foreign prison without trial, ignored court orders and generally taken it upon himself to test the limits of our constitutional order.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Scrape (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrape%20%28out%29. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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