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as in to pry
to draw out by force or with effort
willing to use torture if necessary in order to wring the information out of the terrorist
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Recent Examples of wring
But there’s something abject about taking up such a fraught subject, wringing every ounce of suspense and dramatic potential out of it, and then backing away as though Tim’s arc is just another story of sad enlightenment.
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Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
The iDSD Valkyrie is designed for anyone who wants to wring the last drop of musicality and emotional depth from digital music files.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
The care instructions advise against spot-cleaning, bleaching, dry-cleaning, and wringing the cushion cover.
—Stewart Savin, Architectural Digest, 21 Mar. 2025
By slapping tariffs on friends and foes alike, slashing foreign aid, proposing to seize strategic territory, and telling allies to fend for themselves, Trump’s approach might wring out some extra cash, at least for a while.
—Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2025
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Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
The iDSD Valkyrie is designed for anyone who wants to wring the last drop of musicality and emotional depth from digital music files.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
The care instructions advise against spot-cleaning, bleaching, dry-cleaning, and wringing the cushion cover.
—Stewart Savin, Architectural Digest, 21 Mar. 2025
By slapping tariffs on friends and foes alike, slashing foreign aid, proposing to seize strategic territory, and telling allies to fend for themselves, Trump’s approach might wring out some extra cash, at least for a while.
—Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wring
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He should have been arrested right then and there for the FBI for trying to extort Natalie's mother.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2025
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Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, then alleged in a legal filing that Lively was attempting to extort a statement of support from Swift.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
22 May 2025
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In a year that emphasized bold narratives and artistic risk, several standout films earned praise.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
29 May 2025
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Any move to weaken the dollar might enrage Trump World, earning Japan bigger tariffs.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Brands began to pull together resources to support refugees.—
Stephan Rabimov,
Forbes,
13 Feb. 2023
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The 13-minute performance will likely call for a healthy dose of vibrant, colored lighting to pull it all together.—
Kelly Allen,
House Beautiful,
10 Feb. 2023
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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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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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Burroughs has expressed concerns that potential Harvard students abroad have been unable to obtain new visas since last week.—
Dan Gooding
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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Richard accused his daughter of vandalizing his home in 2000 and of making an unauthorized withdrawal from his bank account in 2003, according to call logs and incident reports obtained by the outlet.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
29 May 2025
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And yet, it’s still rooted in something real, because Perry plucked much of the heavy-handed dialog Keery delivers verbatim from the Wowee Zowee press kit, contemporaneous Malkmus interviews, and things Malkmus told Perry himself.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
4 June 2025
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The eggs, of course, are plucked from the hen house each morning.—
Matthew Monagan,
Travel + Leisure,
3 June 2025
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The system extracts key data points in seconds—interpreting not just text but also images and tables—streamlining a process that once consumed thousands of human hours.—
Rhett Power,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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The pilot, a 51-year-old man from Maple Park, was extracted from the plane and given emergency medical aid, but ultimately succumbed to his injuries on the scene, officials said.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 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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“Wring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wring. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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