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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

I still think Scotland will eke out the win, but how will Steve Clarke go about it?

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 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

But Wall Street analysts expect the company to eke out profit growth of 1% in 2026.

From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026

And I know we make fun of Bunny for being such a dreadful Latinist, but he’d managed to eke out a pretty competent little English translation of the more recent entries.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Finding a fresh plot twist is the only way it ekes out a draw.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026

Once juggling multiple odd jobs, Helal Uddin now ekes out a living running a food cart.

From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026

She ekes out a living crocheting bags and clothing, earning less than $10 a week, and relies on food donations from the parallel civilian government.

From Reuters ● Jan. 31, 2023

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

And unlike past editions when they often gritted their teeth and only eked through, they’ve done it this time with a game to spare.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

The Dodgers eked across a run in the third inning on a Freddie Freeman groundout with runners on second and third.

From Los Angeles Times ● 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

While two— Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Nova Scotia —have eked out gains of less than 1%, others are roaring ahead.

From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026

They must remain hidden, and give the humans no hint that they were here, or that, unthinkably, five abominations had survived the Carnage and eked out an existence here for fifteen years.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

The solution, says Samaras: Use artificial intelligence to reroute power for maximum efficiency, eking out extra performance to avoid blackouts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

Hoan worked from the same slab of concrete for a decade, eking out a modest living hawking colourful bouquets.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

But maybe he is just eking out life with no end game.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2025

"So any joy at the fact I was still eking out a living as a musician would probably be tempered by the lack of jet packs."

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2025

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

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady