How to Use eke out in a Sentence
eke out
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In the end, that’s enough to eke out an ugly one in the Big Easy.
—Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2024
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Still, the Dow and S&P 500 fell for the week, and the Nasdaq just barely eked out a gain.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 7 May 2023
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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
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More to Read Biden eked out a win over Trump in Georgia in 2020.
—Emma Burrows, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
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Can Trae Young avoid the overrated chants and help the Hawks eke out a win?
—Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2023
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There is still enough sun to eke out another mild day with highs again in the low to mid-60s.
—David Streit, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
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And there are ways to eke out more life from a laptop battery too.
—David Nield, WIRED, 9 July 2023
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In the first quarter, most bond funds eked out gains, but barely.
—Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
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But despite the mix of bravos and but-then-agains in the logbook, when the points were totaled, the Legend eked out the win.
—Kevin Smith, Car and Driver, 24 June 2023
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Las Vegas was able to get two field goals and a safety in the second half to eke out the win.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 16 Oct. 2023
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At the start of the fourth quarter, with the game tied at fifty-one, Clark went on a run, and Iowa held on to eke out a two-point win.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2024
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But the Twins eke out the series opener vs. the O’s to lock up a wild-card spot … and then lose their final two.
—Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2024
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That was one of just three hits the Brewers managed to eke out Monday night.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2024
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Thao eked out a victory in the election by just 677 votes.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
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Ampersand, as a small business, had to eke out a loan to jump into the fray.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2024
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But Johnson, who has presided over the chamber since fall 2023, eked out a win.
—Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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Despite the show’s heavy subject matter, the team managed to eke out some fun on set.
—Manori Ravindran, Variety, 22 July 2023
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All Gosling can eke out is a small grunt/sigh that will basically knock the air right out of your lungs.
—Meredith Woerner, Variety, 4 May 2024
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Baltimore needs this game, and the Ravens are proving this season to be a team that finds ways to eke out wins.
—cleveland, 1 Jan. 2023
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Earlier in the season, the Ducks eked out a 32-31 thriller in Eugene, but the Buckeyes turned the tables this time.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
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Stocks closed in the green, eking out a small gain Friday and snapping a four-week losing streak.
—Alain Sherter, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025
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The GOP gained only nine seats in the 2022 midterms and eked out a narrow five-seat majority in the chamber.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 15 Oct. 2023
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The 30-year-old eked out a split decision win in a battle of women who came in on nasty losing streaks.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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Los Angeles eked out their first win of the season against the Minnesota Vikings last week.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
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That’s true even if the average streaming show ekes out two seasons at most.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
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Even Dorit managed to eke out a years late apology to Garcelle.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025
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Wall Street closed Thursday in about the same shape, with the blue-chip Dow managing to eke out a small gain to snap a 10-day losing streak, the longest in 50 years.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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State of play: Omar eked out a 2,466-vote win over Samuels in her last election after outside groups spent big on an eleventh-hour bid to boost him.
—Torey Van Oot, Axios, 12 Aug. 2024
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Villanova eked out a 60-59 win over USC in the quarterfinals.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
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Wins like last night, eked out against an exceptionally sharp Jack Flaherty, are precious.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2025
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