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eke (out)

verb

Definition of eke (out)

as in to earn

to get with great difficulty eked out a living from the family's small farm

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The Gators earned the program's first road win at a top-10 opponent since 2012.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
But sitting on vast swaths of land for years and building very little has earned him some criticism.

— Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026

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The hackers also obtained access to unique student identifier numbers as well as information about gender, race or ethnicity, primary language, country of origin and English learner status.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Detectives identified a person of interest and obtained a search warrant for a residence.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2026

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