wring

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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

But proponents see AI as a way to automate mindless tasks and wring efficiencies out of a slow-moving federal bureaucracy.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2026

This latest creation is a dud, a banal sitcom figure surrounded by wacky characters who can’t wring any laughs out of Mr. Brooks’s musty script.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

She would miss her friend, but Ginika’s leaving forced them both to wring out their friendship and lay it out newly fresh to dry, to return to where they used to be.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie