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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
At times, mops and towels were absorbing so much water that workers were forced to bring buckets to the court to wring out the water before continuing their work.
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Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
Sure, the Pittsburgh Steelers coach could wring his hands over the impossibly thin line between victory and defeat, one his team received an up-close look at yet again in a riveting 26-24 win over Baltimore on Sunday night that clinched Pittsburgh's first AFC North title in five years.
—CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026
Expect astonishing imagery, ecstatic musicianship, and singing to wring you out and fill you up again.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
As the complaining businesses are no doubt wringing their hands over the setback, shoppers are also bemoaning the havoc that tariffs have wreaked on their pocketbooks as the final week of holiday shopping ramps up.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 16 Dec. 2025
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Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
Sure, the Pittsburgh Steelers coach could wring his hands over the impossibly thin line between victory and defeat, one his team received an up-close look at yet again in a riveting 26-24 win over Baltimore on Sunday night that clinched Pittsburgh's first AFC North title in five years.
—CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026
Expect astonishing imagery, ecstatic musicianship, and singing to wring you out and fill you up again.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
As the complaining businesses are no doubt wringing their hands over the setback, shoppers are also bemoaning the havoc that tariffs have wreaked on their pocketbooks as the final week of holiday shopping ramps up.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 16 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wring
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Arizona Department of Public Safety investigators allege Javier Enrique Erazo-Zuniga, 27, claimed control over part of Maricopa and threatened residents with deadly weapons in an effort to extort money, according to reporting by InMaricopa and statements from state authorities.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Instead of extorting money to decrypt data in a company’s own system, an attacker can just threaten to release sensitive data if the ransom isn’t paid.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Spencer Tepe got his bachelor's degree from Ohio State University in 2012 and earned his doctor of dental surgery degree in 2017, according to school records.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Jan. 2026
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Since then, however, he hasn’t been used in many save situations, earning just two more since 2022.—
John Shipley,
Twin Cities,
24 Jan. 2026
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After killing a penalty early in the middle frame, Minnesota pulled even with another man-advantage goal when Joel Eriksson Ek snapped in the rebound of a Kaprizov shot.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
25 Jan. 2026
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Later, Trevon Brazile had a shot to pull the Razorbacks close with LSU ahead 34-31, but the senior missed the front end of a one-and-one opportunity.—
Tom Murphy,
Arkansas Online,
25 Jan. 2026
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In any case, makers of non-AI systems could potentially be squeezed into this definition, so all software and systems developers should be mindful of whether their automation could fall into this zone.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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The loss of those supplies — and the hard currency Havana earned by reselling part of them — has further squeezed an already fragile economy.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2026
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One is former lightweight champion Oscar De La Hoya, who forecasts that TKO, the parent company of UFC, will use UBOs to obtain too much control over boxing and, without sufficient competition, institute a pay system unfair to boxers.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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In a video obtained by TMZ, Sweeney, wearing black cargo pants, a black hoodie and a black hat, hung a clothesline of bras over the sign all while being filmed.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Guests are invited to become part of the journey — kneading bread, baking cookies, gathering fresh eggs, or plucking herbs for cocktails — while learning how regenerative farming nurtures both flavor and sustainability.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Healthy cells that still have their MGMT gene intact will simply pluck the methyl group back off.—
Isabella Backman,
Hartford Courant,
27 Jan. 2026
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But compared to gold or copper, the market for rare earths is still small and complex, making investment risky for the mining companies that would need to extract them, Rosa says.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
23 Jan. 2026
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Economic challenges Trump said at Davos that his push for Greenland is not about extracting rare earths.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
23 Jan. 2026
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In 2005, a handful of libertarians attempted, with little success, to wrest control of the government.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2026
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The rise of hip-hop and the films of Spike Lee in the late 1980s and early 1990s forced a revival of Malcolm X, a reclaiming of him by Black America, wrested from his historical framing by the white mainstream, which during his time did not love him.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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