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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

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

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

“Euphoria” “Despite grim reviews for its latest season, ‘Euphoria’ will still eke out a nomination because Zendaya can do no wrong.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

Even manufacturing managed to eke out 15,000 job gains.

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

He knew he could eke out a life for himself in Novyi Zem, but what would have been the point?

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

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

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

They rested on a bench on one of those small triangles of breathing-space which the city ekes out now and then; mill ends of land parcels.

From Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day by Heydrick, Benjamin A.

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

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

U.S. stocks were mixed: The Dow industrials slipped, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq eked out small gains, led by software stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 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

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

That research has shed light on existential threats facing the big cats eking out an existence in an increasingly urbanized landscape.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2025

Hustler - Kenyan parlance for someone eking out a living against the odds - helped portray him as someone who would prioritise the needs of the struggling folk.

From BBC ● May 13, 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