as in to eke out
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After dropping Game 1 5-2 against Nebraska, the Volunteers won Game 2 3-2 and then eked out a close 1-0 victory in Game 3.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025 -
The Giants eked out four runs on eight hits Wednesday afternoon.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
22 May 2025
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Hundreds of people squeezed into the Jewish Community Center in Boulder, Colo., for a vigil that featured prayer, singing and emotional testimony from a victim and witnesses of the firebombing attack in the city’s downtown, after a federal judge blocked the deportation of the suspect’s family.—
Colleen Slevin,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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In some towns, utility poles were removed so the caravans could squeeze through.—
Angela Jackson,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Having thrived on the continent for 15 million years, pigeons couldn’t survive a mere three centuries of the free market.—
Dan Flores,
Time,
29 May 2025
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Wisdom is what allows critical care physicians like me not just to recite a definition of pneumonia but to sit with a family in crisis and interpret what that pneumonia means for the life of their loved one, who now needs the ventilator to survive.—
Venktesh Ramnath,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2025
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While state law allows special sessions to last up to 60 days, many lawmakers view the end of June as their true deadline to get an incentives plan done.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
5 June 2025
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Finding the right probiotic Paul and her colleagues have spent over six years investigating whether beneficial microorganisms (aka probiotics) could be a longer lasting alternative to combat this pathogen.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
5 June 2025
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But whereas the first generation of Chinese entrepreneurs grew up poor and were happy to wring a livelihood from cheap imitations, today’s tech graduates were spared the privations of their parents and yearn for something more meaningful.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
29 May 2025
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Gently squeeze out some of the excess water without wringing the suit, which can stretch it out and alter the shape.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
11 May 2025
Verb
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Nearly one in three Floridians struggles to afford basic expenses, yet a starting teacher’s salary fails to meet even the minimum $57,064 annual income required for an individual to cover personal costs.—
Lakeisha Wells Palmer,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 June 2025
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Which is good news for a team that can’t afford to be without one of its most potent hitters.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 June 2025
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The Five Stripes will look to carry on that form against Orlando, but the Lions will not be taking this matchup lightly.—
Kyle Foley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 May 2025
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The audience was small, and for a portion of its run the show was carried on PBS—awkward, since its host was generally an opponent of government spending.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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Whether an offensive will materialize in the coming weeks and months or prove capable of wresting any significant territory from the group remains to be seen.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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The prospect of the DeSantis administration wresting more control over the HBCU plays into longstanding anxieties that the state could cut into some of the university’s signature programs — or even merge the school with FSU, an idea lawmakers contemplated in the 1960s.—
Kate Payne,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 May 2025
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“Scrape (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrape%20%28out%29. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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