put through the wringer
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I left the theater feeling giddily put through the wringer by its contrarian depictions of heroes and fiends.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
Jofra Archer sat proudly by the Lord's boundary edge as a crowd that had been put through the wringer ebbed away.
From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025
In Amazon’s Packaging Innovation Lab — a 10,000-square-foot facility in a complex of Amazon buildings in Sumner — packages are put through the wringer.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 11, 2023
But in order to give Clinton a hard time, more women must be put through the wringer.
From Salon • Oct. 6, 2021
See that the starch is evenly distributed, press out as much as possible with the hands, put through the wringer, shake out all creases, and pin evenly on the line.
From The Complete Home by Laughlin, Clara E. (Clara Elizabeth)
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