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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

The S&P 500 gained 0.1% to eke out a record, and has climbed 3.5% in its nine-day run—the longest streak of daily gains since early May 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5%, its 14th record of the year, and the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.03% to eke out its 20th record of the year.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 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

Lori, who might be every bit as technically gifted as Julian, ekes out a living serving egg rolls in a food truck while sharing a walk-up loft with three other struggling painters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 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

That he does before surrendering to his psychological flaw: his inability to be content with whatever success he ekes out.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2022

She ekes out a bare existence on the remains of past accumulations, on the surviving scraps of her material and spiritual capital.

From The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy by Lothrop Stoddard

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

Tech declines weighed on the S&P 500, too, where eight of 11 sectors climbed, but the index eked out just a small gain of less than one point.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 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

The boat shot forward and Washington narrowly eked out the West’s first IRA victory.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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

Stocks were eking out small gains as enthusiasm around the AI trade continued.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026

The strapped family eking out an existence on $500,000 featured in one such piece had fully-funded retirement and college plans, payments on two luxury cars, “date nights” every other week ... you get the drift.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025

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

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2025

The gear will just weigh us down, and we at least need to try to find them before eking out a life inside caves and eating lake vines.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera