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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

Others actively seek out practices where money buys the kind of timely, personalized, and coordinated care that has largely been wrung out of the U.S. healthcare system.

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2025

In reality, he spoke to reporters listlessly and with uncharacteristic brevity, while looking thoroughly wrung out.

From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2024

And that’s pretty much what we all did for the rest of the night—hollered and wrung out sleeping bags and kept throwing wood onto the fire.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt


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