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as in to pry
to draw out by force or with effort
willing to use torture if necessary in order to wring the information out of the terrorist
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Recent Examples of wring
The results, while still a little rough around the edges, show how much extra longevity can be wrung from simple tweaks to existing gameplay.
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Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2025
As media outlets wrung their hands over the utility of humor after tragedy, though, a burgeoning Internet culture lent no such consideration.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
Efforts to wring more from that trio are ongoing and no stone will be left unturned.
—Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
Truckers make money by wringing as many hours as possible out of trucks.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
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Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2025
As media outlets wrung their hands over the utility of humor after tragedy, though, a burgeoning Internet culture lent no such consideration.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
Efforts to wring more from that trio are ongoing and no stone will be left unturned.
—Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
Truckers make money by wringing as many hours as possible out of trucks.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wring
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And many of the immigrants who sought asylum in the United States did so because their home governments are corrupt and law enforcement officials frequently mistreat suspects or try to extort them.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
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Prosecutors also noted that a teenager who was not involved with Rendon’s kidnapping but learned about some of the details pretended to be one of the hostage takers to extort $1,000 from Rendon’s stepfather.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Mar. 2025
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Vogue may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers.—
Laia Garcia-Furtado,
Vogue,
10 Apr. 2025
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Martin co-starred with Regina Hall and Issa Rae in the 2019 film, which was a modest hit, earning $48 million at the global box office.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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Brands began to pull together resources to support refugees.—
Stephan Rabimov,
Forbes,
13 Feb. 2023
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The 13-minute performance will likely call for a healthy dose of vibrant, colored lighting to pull it all together.—
Kelly Allen,
House Beautiful,
10 Feb. 2023
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Carving her own musical lane in an industry so determined to squeeze her into a box has been a challenge, but PinkPantheress isn’t one to let outside voices get to her.—
Chris Malone Méndez,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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The New York Times: In pressing forward with its assault on Gaza, Israel hopes to squeeze Hamas into releasing the remaining hostages.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
4 Apr. 2025
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According to court documents obtained by TMZ, Buzbee submitted new legal documents Monday seeking to have JAY-Z’s suit tossed out of an Alabama court.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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International students are required to obtain visas to enroll and study at colleges around the United States.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2025
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Those commercial jobs grew scarce because of the consolidation of ad agencies and the rise of marketing content plucked from social media.—
Steven Kurutz,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Whether picked from your garden or plucked from the farmer’s market, fresh asparagus is one of the surest signs of spring.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Mar. 2025
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The Mission – Sam Wilson tries to extract information out of Agent Taylor in the boxing ring.—
John Archer,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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But extracting resources out of Greenland poses many challenges.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
9 Apr. 2025
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Because tariffs are, effectively, a tax on U.S. businesses that rely on foreign goods to operate, the argument goes, the President cannot wrest this power from Congress.—
Cristian Farias,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2025
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He’s tried to wrest the power of the purse from Congress, targeted political opponents for speech, had people flown to a foreign prison without trial, ignored court orders and generally taken it upon himself to test the limits of our constitutional order.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Wring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wring. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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