eke
Example Sentences
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"I just decided on Christmas Day how I was going to start this season. I decided what I was going to do mentally and I'm going to continue to tweak that. I do think there's more to come. I think I can still eke out more performance from this car. I'm still learning about it as I go."
From BBC
Moshiri sank more of Chevron’s own money into PdVSA’s ventures to eke out modest returns.
The iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF looked poised to eke out a small gain for the week.
From MarketWatch
CoreWeave is able to eke out a small operating profit, but this gets wiped out by interest expense.
From Barron's
Half-built brick houses sit on once-fertile land, where families eke out meagre livings through small trades or day labour.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.