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And so how is it that Rousseff still managed to eek out a win, when both media coverage and investors strongly were against her?

With reference to the present passage, Mr. Jephson says that and eek his aventaille is a perfect example of bathos.

Koch reads 'Dreygh eek' for 'And eek,' in l. 163, where 'Dreygh' means 'endured.'

Cf. 'what eek yif my mutabilitee yiveth thee rightful cause of hope to han yit beter thinges?'