Word: ekes
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Massachusetts gubernatorial campaign moves into its final hours, Harvard experts say the race between Democrat Shannon P. O’Brien and Republican W. Mitt Romney is still too close to call, though many believe O’Brien will eke out a victory...
...team in a dramatic upset over highly favored Iraq. The North Koreans had broken into the wrong locker room, lost their tools and failed to sabotage the blade of a single U.S. skater. Only a brilliant come-from-behind cash bribe in the final minute allowed them to eke out a perfect 100-point score. Meanwhile, allegations that he had been pressured to commence the cheating games without informing the teams of several participating nations were immediately confirmed by the Cheating Sports president, who awarded another gold, to Iran, for slipping $1,000 in cash into his wallet while...
Austin took the first game 9-2, but Witcher recovered to eke out a 10-9 victory to even the match...
...dawn of the 20th century, the roster of illnesses that spelled almost inevitable death seemed to stretch forever. Cancer, heart disease, kidney disease, cirrhosis, pneumonia, cholera, diphtheria, tuberculosis and even the flu were relentless killers. Some victims might hang on to eke out a normal life span, albeit in disability and pain; some might even recover entirely. But survival was purely a crapshoot, with depressingly unfavorable odds. The hospital was a place where people went to die, not to be cured...
...impatiently waiting to get through an army of cops and metal detectors and into the ballparks. The South Bronx was never more secure. No so the D-Backs, who threw journeyman pitcher Brian Anderson, who seemed like the red meat the Yankees had been craving. But they could only eke out a 2-1 win, riding the arms of their ace Roger Clemens and their late-inning lock, closer Mariano Rivera...