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[ring] / rɪŋ /


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Wet, then wring out and wave around these arm sleeves before snapping them on—research shows they provide a sensation up to 30 degrees below body temperature.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Musically and vocally gifted, they wring harmonies and beats from an assortment of instruments, mixing genres and styles with an eloquence that surpasses the exposition sprinkled into the lyrics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Senior employees of Live Nation bragged about their ability other wring money out of ticket-buying customers, saying they were “robbing them blind.”

From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2026

He has also mocked allies uneasy about the widening conflict, referring to those who "wring their hands and clutch their pearls, hemming and hawing about the use of force."

From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026

A teller of tales if there ever was one, the second mate could soak up a story and wring it out later word for word, and he was always happy to oblige.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

Like Detectorists before it, this is a series that wrings emotion from the commonplace and everyday – only this time, the treasure Crook has buried is altogether more peculiar.

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026

The book is structured around Prefontaine’s biggest races, which Mr. O’Meara skillfully wrings for all their drama.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2025

Hackman wrings an entire shaken worldview from his response when she simply asks who’s winning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025

Precipitation across the region will taper off Wednesday morning as Mother Nature wrings out the last of scattered showers over the Cascades.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2023

She wrings the steering wheel with her fists.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

As the rest of the soccer world wrung its hands over the consequences of political interference with what happened on the pitch, the U.S. remained unapologetic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

The trumpeters valiantly persevere but, by the end of the day, everyone's wrung out.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

All of these jornaleros knew each other, maybe not by their real names, but by nicknames, usually wrung from the place they had lived.

From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026

The speculative leverage has been wrung out of this market for months.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 30, 2025

Repetition had wrung from Clement’s speech any controversy it might have once contained.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

But the truth is, you have to be wringing the Turbo out pretty hard to feel a difference.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

The “Obsession” score is an ingenious showcase of decay and reinvention, taking day-spa keyboard swells and wringing them out beyond recognition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

You’ll want to get caught up ahead of next week’s twist—and by “twist,” I don’t mean a surprise but rather a wringing, in this case of a company by its shareholders.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025

That was followed a heavy, awkward ball to Mohammad Siraj that left Siraj walking off wringing his hand in pain after gloving it behind to Jamie Smith.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025

He was jumpy and nervous, pacing Beejee’s living room and wringing his hands.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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