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The 76ers had eked out an overtime win a night earlier at 18-win Orlando, and Embiid looked fatigued down the stretch Monday.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2022

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman had eked results at the toughest negotiating tables.

From Slate • Feb. 1, 2022

On May 8, the company said it had eked out a $48 million profit on revenue of $5.5 billion for the first three months of the year.

From Washington Post • Jul. 30, 2020

Mark Harris, the Republican nominee, had eked out a 905-vote lead over Dan McCready.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2019

Born in 1794 in very humble circumstances, he had received little or no education, and as a youth had eked out a living by ferrying passengers and garden produce from Staten Island to New York.

From The Railroad Builders; a chronicle of the welding of the states by Moody, John