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as in to pry
to draw out by force or with effort
willing to use torture if necessary in order to wring the information out of the terrorist
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Recent Examples of wring
All that hand wringing over Andrews’ empty stat lines in September amounted to so much spit in the wind.
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Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 2 Dec. 2024
Drilling companies have become so adept at wringing more and more gas from each additional wellbore that the industry is now capable of maintaining overall national production with barely 100 active rigs drilling new gas wells.
—David Blackmon, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Over the last several years, leaders have wrung their hands over two demographic trends.
—Rachel Cohen, Vox, 26 Nov. 2024
At a time of uncertainty, many thinkers are not wringing their hands but moving forward.
—Keith Collins, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Oct. 2024
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Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 2 Dec. 2024
Drilling companies have become so adept at wringing more and more gas from each additional wellbore that the industry is now capable of maintaining overall national production with barely 100 active rigs drilling new gas wells.
—David Blackmon, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Over the last several years, leaders have wrung their hands over two demographic trends.
—Rachel Cohen, Vox, 26 Nov. 2024
At a time of uncertainty, many thinkers are not wringing their hands but moving forward.
—Keith Collins, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Oct. 2024
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The Peekskill Central School District in New York is warning families of a disturbing new scam in which criminals use generative artificial intelligence to mimic children’s voices in an attempt to extort money from unsuspecting parents.Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
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Tacopina said the allegations were an attempt to extort money from A$AP Rocky.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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The Greta Ballet Flats have earned a loyal following.Neha Tandon, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
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Women with certifications or professional memberships earn 36% more each week than those without, making this an essential step for career growth.Christine Michel Carter, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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Brands began to pull together resources to support refugees.Stephan Rabimov, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
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The 13-minute performance will likely call for a healthy dose of vibrant, colored lighting to pull it all together.Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 10 Feb. 2023
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These forces squeeze a star horizontally while stretching it vertically.Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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Egypt lost $7 billion in crucial revenue from the Suez Canal in 2024 as the conflict in Gaza has squeezed shipping in the Red Sea, according to government officials.Vivian Yee, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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The idea has remained controversial, given the difficulty of obtaining healthy, uncontaminated human brain tissue that could be used to study possible microbial inhabitants.Yasemin Saplakoglu, WIRED, 5 Jan. 2025
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See the body-cam video of tense arrest Body-camera footage obtained by the Miami Herald shows Kerley upset and speaking with officers before turning away.Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 4 Jan. 2025
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The verses are animated but pretty ordinary; the main moment here is the chorus, which feels plucked straight from the tall tee era.Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025
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Picture red tuna fish caught that morning cooked in a subtle mix of local spices and topped over fresh linguine or meatier cuts of fish served like steak with fresh vegetables plucked from nearby farms.Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Elderberry extracted from ripe fruit is considered safe, with no major side effects.6 Certain parts of the elder tree, as well as raw or unripe elderberries, can be poisonous.Kirstyn Hill, PharmD, MPH, Health, 1 Jan. 2025
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In October, researchers at Tufts University developed a real-life version of the substance by extracting fibers from silk moth cocoons and adding chemical additives to create liquid that begins to solidify when squeezed from a needle and exposed to air.Alex Knapp, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
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Soto's addition is the Mets' most aggressive move yet to wrest the Big Apple spotlight away from the Yankees.David K. Li, NBC News, 9 Dec. 2024
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For the same reasons and the same strategies, China seems intent on wresting that title away from the U.S.Eli Amdur, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Wring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wring. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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