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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

Historically it has used its heft to wring the lowest prices out of suppliers, playing them off each other and leaving them little profit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 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

That hasn’t happened since World War II. It took a famously gut-wrenching recession to wring out the last bout of high inflation from the economy in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 14, 2026

After every wet crossing, I would shake like a dog and wring out my clothes as best I could so they dried in ridges white with salt.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk

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

Munch wrings an amazing range of tones and textures out of simple black and white, particularly when he surrounds a face, or figure at a piano, with expanses of unbroken ink.

From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2024

“Napoleon,” Ridley Scott’s clamorously eventful but oddly desultory new epic, wrings its own variation on that idea: Here is a man whose love for a woman fuels and finally destroys his delusions of greatness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2023

“Three days ago. Sir. Aspirant. Um—” She wrings her hands.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

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

There was widespread exuberance in the gold market prior to its plunge, and only a small part of that exuberance has been wrung out of the market.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 2, 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

They turn the mangle room, where wet clothes are wrung out to dry, into a studio so he can paint and draw at home.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

Earnings Gold: Big tech companies are starting to strike gold with AI, but investors are still wringing their hands over the multibillion-dollar bets on data centers and chips.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 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

To all the baseball fans out there who are wringing their hands and proclaiming doom for MLB because the Dodgers have been flexing their financial muscle, I say PHOOEY!

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2025

To the girl with the paper—who was now wringing her hands and crying—the gray-haired woman snapped, “Next time, don’t be late.”

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser