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Doug Wilder was the 1st African American governor of Virginia who "eeked" out a victory after polls had him up significantly over his competition.
WordPress.com News 2008
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Starting with the nearly unanimous disgruntlement our slate of nominees were met with, followed by some surprise upsets in the first round of voting, and finishing with an eeked-out victory by a cover I didn't expect to see at the top (although its charms are completely understandable), I was reminded again and again that what makes a good book cover is not, well, a truth universally acknowledged.
Best of 2009 2010
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Maybe because when I read it, it was homework given to me by a crazy English teacher so some of the potential enjoyment was eeked out by having to do dumb assignments about it.
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Until literally your poor little brain is so drained not another word can be eeked from within its murky depths.
6 Ways to Waste Your Time as a Writer (Hint: Don’t Do Them!) | Write to Done 2010
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Doubt it would have saved the book, but maybe eeked another arc out of it at least.
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In 1990, Wellstone trailed his opponent to the very end then eeked out a 2 point win in the last minute.
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In 1990, Wellstone trailed his opponent to the very end then eeked out a 2 point win in the last minute.
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Nobody really expected them to, but the cellphone and communications-equipment giant eeked out net income of $4 million in its most recent quarter, the company said today.
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But instead eeked out a quivery "Okay, I'll try ..."
'Birkin' Yoga Sara Elizabeth Ivanhoe 2010
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Macy's beat Wall Street estimates when they eeked out of profit of five cents per share in the quarter as sales increased by 7% to $5.6 billion.
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