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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
But there’s something abject about taking up such a fraught subject, wringing every ounce of suspense and dramatic potential out of it, and then backing away as though Tim’s arc is just another story of sad enlightenment.
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Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
The iDSD Valkyrie is designed for anyone who wants to wring the last drop of musicality and emotional depth from digital music files.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
The care instructions advise against spot-cleaning, bleaching, dry-cleaning, and wringing the cushion cover.
—Stewart Savin, Architectural Digest, 21 Mar. 2025
By slapping tariffs on friends and foes alike, slashing foreign aid, proposing to seize strategic territory, and telling allies to fend for themselves, Trump’s approach might wring out some extra cash, at least for a while.
—Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2025
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Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
The iDSD Valkyrie is designed for anyone who wants to wring the last drop of musicality and emotional depth from digital music files.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
The care instructions advise against spot-cleaning, bleaching, dry-cleaning, and wringing the cushion cover.
—Stewart Savin, Architectural Digest, 21 Mar. 2025
By slapping tariffs on friends and foes alike, slashing foreign aid, proposing to seize strategic territory, and telling allies to fend for themselves, Trump’s approach might wring out some extra cash, at least for a while.
—Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wring
Verb
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Lane then allegedly extorted the companies for ransoms.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
20 May 2025
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In addition, the hackers even tried to extort Coinbase itself, demanding a $20 million payment from the cryptocurrency company to cover up the incident.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
15 May 2025
Verb
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Gannett may earn revenue for audience referrals to Jackpocket services.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
29 May 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.—
Laure Guilbault,
Vogue,
29 May 2025
Verb
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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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Martinez’s son squeezed the trigger five times, shooting Rivera to death and wounding two others, the detective wrote in the affidavit.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
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Umberto Rispoli squeezed between horses around the top of the stretch and then rode Journalism to a tremendous rally.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
24 May 2025
Verb
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Burroughs has expressed concerns that potential Harvard students abroad have been unable to obtain new visas since last week.—
Dan Gooding
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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Among those 79, records for four in Indian River County were previously publicly available, allowing reporters to obtain case details, but are now under seal.—
Hannah Critchfield,
Sun Sentinel,
29 May 2025
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The defending champion Philadelphia Eagles have drawn the blueprint on perpetually pouring resources into the front seven on defense, consistently plucking players from SEC schools and throwing them onto an assembly line of quarterback mashers.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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Women dominate the lower tiers of tea labor, from plucking to packaging and remain vastly underrepresented in management, ownership, or policy influence.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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This is creating new opportunities to extract and reuse valuable raw materials, lessening Europe’s reliance on external sources.—
Marianne Lehnis,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Shaped like little green leaves (because why not be cute and moisturized?), these masks are packed with cucumber to de-puff, cactus extract to hydrate, and green tea leaf to calm all the nonsense happening under my eyes.—
Larry Stansbury,
Essence,
27 May 2025
Verb
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Whether an offensive will materialize in the coming weeks and months or prove capable of wresting any significant territory from the group remains to be seen.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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The prospect of the DeSantis administration wresting more control over the HBCU plays into longstanding anxieties that the state could cut into some of the university’s signature programs — or even merge the school with FSU, an idea lawmakers contemplated in the 1960s.—
Kate Payne,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 May 2025
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“Wring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wring. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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