eke out

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But the Hurricanes sent A&M quarterback Marcel Reed to the ground seven times—including three occasions in the fourth quarter alone—allowing their offense to eke out a 10-3 victory.

From The Wall Street Journal

Wall Street is betting that falling interest rates and strong corporate earnings will be enough to eke out yet one more year of stock-market gains.

From The Wall Street Journal

November wasn’t exactly a great month for the U.S. stock market, although the S&P 500 did manage to eke out a small gain.

From MarketWatch

The Nasdaq Composite managed to eke out a 0.2% gain after being down as much as 0.6% earlier in the day.

From Barron's

Those pricey improvements must be done to ensure the house is safe and up to code—but they rarely help boost the resale price of the house, making it hard to eke out a profit.

From The Wall Street Journal