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View definitions for eking out

eking out

verb as in make something last

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Supporters of Measure G declared victory this week, eking out a win with roughly 51% support.

Nikolai Sukhanov, told Ria Novosti in such a situation you can survive by catching fish while eking out whatever provisions are left on the boat.

From BBC

If an observer assumes that current polling as a science is basically reliable, one can look at rigorous probabilistic forecasts at sites like Fivethirtyeight.com or The New York Times, both of which currently project Harris eking out an electoral college victory of 276 to 262.

From Salon

California’s labor market weakened at the end of summer, with the unemployment rate ticking up again and the state eking out a small number of new jobs, according to new data released Friday.

In North Carolina, Georgia, and Nebraska, at least, Republicans have been looking for ways to make last-minute changes to the rules to their advantage in the hopes of eking out a presidential victory for Donald Trump that seemed all but assured a few months ago.

From Slate

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