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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

For 12 seasons, Wolff could count on Lewis Hamilton to wring every last drop of horsepower out of any car he gave him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

Senior employees of Live Nation bragged about their ability other wring money out of ticket-buying customers, saying they were “robbing them blind.”

From Salon ● Mar. 12, 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

I will wring whatever payment I can from Faerie.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

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

The article’s author, Aaron Sibarium, wrings his hands over the fact that UCLA’s ranking in “research” has fallen to 18th from sixth place in just the first three years after Lucero’s arrival.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2024

Precipitation across the region will taper off Wednesday morning as Mother Nature wrings out the last of scattered showers over the Cascades.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2023

Then she clamps it shut again and wrings her hands.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

As the rest of the soccer world wrung its hands over the consequences of political interference with what happened on the pitch, the U.S. remained unapologetic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

The trumpeters valiantly persevere but, by the end of the day, everyone's wrung out.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 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

The speculative leverage has been wrung out of this market for months.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 30, 2025

‘No, indeed!’ said Pippin, trying to sound cheerful, though his heart was wrung with fear and pity.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

The “Obsession” score is an ingenious showcase of decay and reinvention, taking day-spa keyboard swells and wringing them out beyond recognition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

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

"It feels like a wet towel and you're wringing it in your stomach and pain shoots down your legs and it hurts my back, just like an overall ache," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2024

I looked at Papa who was pacing up and down, wringing his hands.

From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez