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wrung

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verb

past tense of wring
1
as in squeezed
to get (as money) by the use of force or threats that bill collector is willing to do anything to wring money out of deadbeats

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2
as in earned
to get with great difficulty after years of trying to wring a decent profit out of the business, he is finally giving up

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3
4
as in pried
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 Synonyms for wrung
Adjective
  • And this parched desert landscape — two for two on L.A.-centric performances.
    August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Containing wildfires—never mind extinguishing them—in parched and windy conditions can be monstrously difficult.
    Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 14 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • According to the lawsuit the BOP has unlawfully treated credits earned under FSA as discretionary rather than a mandate clearly stated in the law.
    Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • In the 50 years since the ATP Tour started its singles ranking system, not a single player from Tibet had earned a single ranking point.
    Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Historically, bitcoin has pulled back as much as 80% from the cycle peak.
    Tanaya Macheel, CNBC, 4 Jan. 2025
  • But David kept fighting and pulled fire away from landing Medevac helicopters, getting evacuated himself after the last helicopter landed.
    JOSH BOAK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Playwright-screenwriter Alice Birch has composed a superheated adaptation that’s anything but sere.
    Peter Marks, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Seidensticker pointed out Kawabata’s ties to Japanese poetry: This was prose of a sere, haiku-like delicacy and suggestiveness, with much implied and little specified.
    Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
Verb
  • The second aspect that is overlooked is that Israeli systematic attacks against the Syrian Army in the past two or three years have exacted a heavy toll on the decision-making, on the infrastructure, on the morale, on the units, on the leadership.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2024
  • However, the nearly three years of Europe's largest land war since World War II have exacted a grim toll on both sides.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • These players cost a lot of money, that is true, but they were also plucked by a recruitment team established after a challenging first summer for the owners where the correct type of players were not hired.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Protesters aren’t just swept up during protests; since July, the authorities have plucked low-profile demonstrators from their homes days after they were seen on the street.
    Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Eventually, baseball—the sport of sunbaked afternoons, a sport made beautiful and strange by its exposure to the elements—may be unrecognizable.
    Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2024
  • By mid-morning, the sunbaked terrace is flooded with tourists and townspeople drinking palest rosé before lunch service begins in earnest.
    Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • On dry pavement, its 413 pound-feet of torque kept things interesting when passing traffic on the highway or off the line at a red light.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Soaking and cooking dry beans and lentils overnight decreases these molecules, but this method's success depends on the type of legume, water and salt levels, temperature, and soaking time.
    Merve Ceylan, Health, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Wrung.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrung. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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