How to Use eke out in a Sentence
eke out
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Klotz won the first part of the three-part final Head of Household competition of the season, but Bains eked out back-to-back wins in parts two and three.
—Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
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Bitcoin is set to climb for the fourth month in a row after eking out an April gain, the longest such stretch since a six-month advance through March 2021.
—Akshay Chinchalkar, Fortune, 30 Apr. 2023
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Basketball season is in full swing and in a close game, the team that makes the highest percentage of free throws can often eke out the win.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 1 Jan. 2024
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Ultimately, the shark eked out a win on this one as Under Paris managed 28.7M views.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 18 June 2024
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The women who’d just begun to eke out an income found their livelihoods threatened again—this time by the police.
—Vogue, 8 Mar. 2022
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The first is the possibility that Trump ekes out the most votes — and loses the presidency.
—Jason Willick, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
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Most union members are not breakout stars, and many struggle to eke out an existence in one of the most expensive cities in the world.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average eked out a gain of less than 0.1%.
—Hardika Singh, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2024
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Over the years, Botswana has eked out a little more each time the deal has been renewed with De Beers, which declined to comment for this article.
—John Eligon Joao Silva, New York Times, 29 June 2023
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And possibly for the producers to eke out a tiny last morsel of conflict to fill another episode.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 20 May 2024
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Europe is in recession, and Japan is projected to eke out just a 1 percent growth rate.
—David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2023
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But once again, the Bucs found a way to eke out another victory, outlasting the host Eagles 28-22.
—Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2021
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That was good enough to eke out a win over the Cardinals (4-8) but the question remains as to how far Herbert can carry the Chargers without a ground game to stand on.
—Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2022
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Michael Andretti ran out of fuel on the final lap, opening the door just enough for Mario to catch up and eke out a victory by a mere 0.070 seconds.
—Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 21 June 2023
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Other races have only GOP contenders, so those who eke out wins in the primary election are likely to take positions outright.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 30 July 2024
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