eked out

In 2016 that starry-eyed naivete led to the deep despair that we all felt when Trump eked out a win over Hillary Clinton.

And in 2020 we believed that dream was vindicated when Joe Biden turned the tables and eked out a win over Trump.

Harris, after rallies in Atlanta and in Charlotte, N.C., on Saturday, is set to spend Sunday in Michigan, a “blue wall” state where Trump eked out a victory in 2016 before narrowly losing to Joe Biden four years later.

George W. Bush ran in 2000 as a sun party candidate and eked out the slimmest of victories.

Indeed, in CNN’s instant poll of voters following the debate, Vance eked out a victory 51–49.