wringer

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After putting these VPNs through the wringer, here’s the bottom line: NordVPN is our overall winner because it nails that sweet spot of features, performance, and price.

From Salon • Feb. 11, 2026

A book that will put you through the emotional wringer, Brar says it was inspired "by the love my father had in running his sub-Post Office for over twenty years".

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

Jofra Archer sat proudly by the Lord's boundary edge as a crowd that had been put through the wringer ebbed away.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025

“Cronenberg takes these concerns that we all have and runs them through this fantastical wringer, so that we come to see ourselves in some new way,” says Lucca.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024

He called, “You were a wringer, right, Mr. LaRue?”

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli