eking out
Example Sentences
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Hoan worked from the same slab of concrete for a decade, eking out a modest living hawking colourful bouquets.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
It is heavily focused on corporate applications of AI, where eking out efficiencies with automation has real value.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
It may have been a narrow win, with just one of the three major indexes eking out a gain, but the Santa rally still goes into the books as a success.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 5, 2026
That research has shed light on existential threats facing the big cats eking out an existence in an increasingly urbanized landscape.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025
Indeed, the process of eking out those new notes took so long that we don’t even know in which century it happened.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
