wring
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Noticing that the outdoor space got just enough light to wring out some tomatoes, we headed to the nursery to top off our nest.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 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
Leaders at the Vitro factory say they have done everything possible to wring efficiencies out of their decades-old plant, such as installing new equipment and reducing the number of employees.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
Veronika was so nervous, she could only wring her gloved hands and weep.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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