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He and the rest have been left to try eke out a living doing "any kind of work, like an Uber driver," he said, standing outside the factory gates.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Calls for steps to stimulate domestic consumption went largely unanswered as a surge in exports helped it to eke out sufficient growth to meet its official target for the year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

At once straight-faced, sacrilegious and scatological, “Team America” needed nine tries to eke past the MPAA.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

Kudryashev’s short stint last year in the vanguard of Russia’s army offers a glimpse of the tactics that Russia is employing to eke out battlefield advances in Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

Many of Alexandra’s first settlers came from the tribal reserves, where they could no longer eke out a living, to seek work in the city of gold.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

Oumar Cisse used to lead tours of Djenne, an ancient, fabled city in central Mali known for its towering mud-brick mosque, but he now ekes out a living driving an old motorcycle taxi in Bamako.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

For Ricardo, who ekes out a living as a motorcycle mechanic, the meaning outweighs the risk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2023

Today the 70-year-old struggles with respiratory illness and ekes out a living ferrying people and parcels on his scooter.

From Reuters ● Dec. 16, 2022

Instead of bleating big themes, it ekes feeling from repression in telling the story of a character who does the same.

From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2022

Charlie ekes out a living as a day laborer on the farm.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 by Work Projects Administration

The stock has eked out a 6.2% gain so far this year, as some investors still worry about deeper pressures on consumers.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

A political newcomer, Marx eked out his victory in a three-way race by less than 2,500 votes out of more than 520,000 cast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

South Korea’s Kospi eked out a 0.1% gain after declining for most of the session, while Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average pared its earlier losses to close 0.3% lower.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

The millennial sex therapist eked out a narrow win in the Democratic primary election in March and will advance to a runoff with the second-place finisher, sheriff’s deputy Johnny Garcia, on Tuesday.

From Slate ● May 22, 2026

By 4 A.M., when the stand closes, he has eked out 30 pesos, or S3.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

As a young man, Francisco traversed it on horseback, eking out a living by draining resin from the towering pines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

He was ultimately the only plausible option for voters worried that Hong’s controversies risked blowing the general election and ended up eking it out by less than half a percentage point.

From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026

Its most traded contracts swung back above $4,300 a troy ounce after eking out a gain in July, ending a series of four monthly declines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Staff at Softstar Shoes in Oregon have discovered a newfound enthusiasm for eking out resources and growing profits.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

He was methodically capable of eking out a win from a seemingly hopeless and delicate position.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady