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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
Inflation is proving to be stubborn as the Fed tries to wring out the last percentage point of improvement to get inflation down to 2%.
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Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
While companies have long struggled to wring value out of their data initiatives, something big has changed in the last two years: Generative AI has spurred greater interest and investment in data quality and broader data capabilities.
—Randy Bean, Harvard Business Review, 2 Jan. 2025
Overall performance and efficiency tend to suffer as a result, despite our best intentions to wring more productivity from our days.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
The waistline sits below the navel; the hem skims the bottom of the bum Lace trim garter straps at side body Rose gold-tone hardware Satin flashes 93% Polyamide, 7% Elastane Hand wash cold, do not wring, do not tumble dry, line dry.
—Appointed, refinery29.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
While companies have long struggled to wring value out of their data initiatives, something big has changed in the last two years: Generative AI has spurred greater interest and investment in data quality and broader data capabilities.
—Randy Bean, Harvard Business Review, 2 Jan. 2025
Overall performance and efficiency tend to suffer as a result, despite our best intentions to wring more productivity from our days.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
The waistline sits below the navel; the hem skims the bottom of the bum Lace trim garter straps at side body Rose gold-tone hardware Satin flashes 93% Polyamide, 7% Elastane Hand wash cold, do not wring, do not tumble dry, line dry.
—Appointed, refinery29.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wring
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This week’s Poway City Council resulted in a vote to appoint Christopher Pikus to an open seat — along with a heated exchange over the conduct of Councilmember Tony Blain, who has been accused of trying to bribe and extort his colleagues in his push for a special election.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Jan. 2025
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Is Trump’s rhetoric an effort to extort more money from Panama?—
Julie Greene / Made by History,
TIME,
22 Jan. 2025
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Gannett may earn revenue for audience referrals to Jackpocket services.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA TODAY,
10 Feb. 2025
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After making headlines with her critical acceptance speech at the 2025 Grammys, Chappell Roan is doubling down on helping up-and-coming artists earn a livable wage and affordable healthcare.—
Stephen Daw,
Billboard,
10 Feb. 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 are dunked in grapefruit ponzu or spicy kimchi dressing or simply squeezed with lemon.—
John Metcalfe,
The Mercury News,
14 Feb. 2025
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It’s further squeezed by competition from others in the space, including Etsy, Michael’s and Hobby Lobby, as well as big-box and online retailers such as Amazon and Walmart.—
Caroline Petrow-Cohen,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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Through this venture, Hyatt obtained the Bahia Principe Hotels & Resorts brands in Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe.—
Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
10 Feb. 2025
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Investigators obtained a search warrant that led to the identification of evidence linking the man to the robbery, according to the release.—
Stephanie Lam,
The Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2025
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The next year, White plucked Jennifer Coolidge and Jon Gries from the season 1 cast and transported them to Sicily.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
31 Jan. 2025
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Pickens was a healthy scratch down the stretch, losing playing time to Jonathan Ford, who was plucked off the Packers’ practice squad.—
Kevin Fishbain,
The Athletic,
25 Jan. 2025
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Strauss extracted key situations and themes from the case and then fictionalized it into this riveting six-part Netflix series.—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2025
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The main goal of earlier projects was to extract a record of abrupt climate change from ancient air frozen into the ice.—
ByPaul Voosen,
science.org,
6 Feb. 2025
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Two of the 3-pointers by Warner came early in the third quarter as Batavia finally wrested control.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2025
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And of course, backing out of a decades-old deal and trying to wrest the canal back by force from an ally would be a propaganda goldmine for Russia and China which have both called for maintaining neutrality in the canal.—
Patrick Oppmann,
CNN,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Wring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wring. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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