eke (out)

as in to earn
to get with great difficulty eked out a living from the family's small farm

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  • The starters in those games combined for 3 1/3 innings and 10 runs (six earned) allowed.
    Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Anyone who gets into that position has definitely earned it.
    Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
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  • On April 25, 2023, police showed up to the Ocala neighborhood to diffuse the situation, according to body camera footage obtained by ABC News.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • There are a number of arguments that could be raised to the admissibility of evidence, too, depending on how text, email, video, financial transaction, and other evidence was obtained.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Eke (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eke%20%28out%29. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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