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Musically and vocally gifted, they wring harmonies and beats from an assortment of instruments, mixing genres and styles with an eloquence that surpasses the exposition sprinkled into the lyrics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

He has also mocked allies uneasy about the widening conflict, referring to those who "wring their hands and clutch their pearls, hemming and hawing about the use of force."

From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026

That hasn’t happened since World War II. It took a famously gut-wrenching recession to wring out the last bout of high inflation from the economy in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 14, 2026

All of the above is what it takes to wring 268 globally compliant horsepower out of a 2.0-liter gas engine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

But no matter how often they repeated the words, with many different inflections, they were unable to wring any more meaning from them.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

Unfortunately, the underwhelming revelations don’t elicit the tears Kore-eda regularly wrings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

As she wrings a wet cloth from a bucket of water in the living room and starts by wiping down the tables and chairs, she considers her latest ploy to save money.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025

The book is structured around Prefontaine’s biggest races, which Mr. O’Meara skillfully wrings for all their drama.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2025

Munch wrings an amazing range of tones and textures out of simple black and white, particularly when he surrounds a face, or figure at a piano, with expanses of unbroken ink.

From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2024

“Three days ago. Sir. Aspirant. Um—” She wrings her hands.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Emery has wrung everything out of his players.

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

So forget the grandchildren, we are the people over whom so many hands have been wrung over the last 40 years.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 17, 2026

Guthrie has been seen in a couple of Instagram videos since then looking exhausted and emotionally wrung out as she and her siblings try to communicate with whoever has their mother.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026

All of these jornaleros knew each other, maybe not by their real names, but by nicknames, usually wrung from the place they had lived.

From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026

Then he wrung it out and handed it to Tree-ear, who scrambled up the bank and hung it on a strut to dry in the sun.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park

Big tech companies are starting to strike gold with artificial intelligence, but investors are still wringing their hands over the multibillion-dollar bets on data centers and chips.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

You’ll want to get caught up ahead of next week’s twist—and by “twist,” I don’t mean a surprise but rather a wringing, in this case of a company by its shareholders.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025

There’s no proverbial wringing of hands around the character’s decision.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025

Often angry, she specialised in wringing laughs out of the most unlikely material.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2024

When I finished wringing something, I handed it to Chase or Mattie and they carried it to their mama so she could pin it to the line.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson