as in to eke out
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The global economy and consumers everywhere Consumers across the world are already getting squeezed by the impacts of the war.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
2 May 2026 -
In a behind-the-scenes shot by Alex Bramall, Princess Charlotte is seen sitting in front of Eugenie, laughing so hard her eyes are squeezed shut.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
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Fred, their oldest surviving child, was suspended from Princeton for cheating, then caught embezzling from his Seattle employer to feed, Church suspected, a gambling habit.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The Sox survived a scare in the ninth.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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The unlikely union lasted 10 years and the mutual admiration between the two famed figures never diminished.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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As the recording, which lasts over an hour, continues, Athena’s screams can be heard.—
Jamie Stengle,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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Their thinking was that numerous landing attempts would allow companies to wring out their technology and improve their chances of sticking the next landing.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
6 May 2026
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But, as even these familiar points probably suggest, there simply may not be much insight left to wring from an event that has been processed countless times—in novels and newspapers, on the nightly news and in the endless scroll of social media feeds.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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The Knicks cannot afford to go long stretches without Towns, who has become a playmaking hub on offense following a hectic first-round series against the Hawks.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
7 May 2026
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The cause is mainly due to not being able to afford it.—
Jessica Riley,
CBS News,
6 May 2026
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Their daughter, Veronica, has carried on their legacy.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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They were meant to be flying thousands of kilometers to find a mate and carry on their genetic line.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 May 2026
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This lack of capability may be why Gabbard, early on, tried to wrest control of counterintelligence operations from Kash Patel over at the FBI, an effort that failed (and should have).—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
25 Apr. 2026
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OpenAI briefly considered plans to transition into a for-profit company in 2024, which would have wrested control from the nonprofit and kept it as a separate arm.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Scrape (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrape%20%28out%29. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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