Eked

I opened my mouth to say something, but before a word eked out, Bridgette dragged me away and into a large room with a multitude of arched windows. ❋ Wendy Toliver (2010)

"eked" is rather an odd verb to describe a three million vote margin. ❋ Unknown (2004)

DHNS: Karnataka eked out a draw against Andhra in the KSCA South Zone under-14 cricket tournament here on Monday. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Recently only three airlines that I know of actually kind of eked out a profit. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Looking back now, I could have made bogey and still won, but fortunately I had a good tee shot and pitching wedge into the green, and kind of eked my putt up there and tapped it in. " ❋ Unknown (2010)

Greek stocks surged 5.1% to finish in positive territory for the week; German and French indexes eked out advances to snap six-week skids. ❋ Jonathan Cheng (2011)

While the landmark stock offering eked out a small profit of $54 million for taxpayers and began the government's exit from the insurer 2½ years after its record bailout, the stock fell 4% on Wednesday to make it the worst first-day performer of U.S. follow-on stock offerings over $1 billion. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Here are a few more: The Mets committed two errors, eked out a mere four hits and were booed more than once by the smattering of fans who watched them lose, 6-1, Tuesday to the Houston Astros. ❋ Unknown (2011)

A Mercy is eked out with a few set pieces, but even they rush us through; the book never seems to settle into narrative “real time.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

AIG Offering : American International Group and the U.S. Treasury Department sold $8.7 billion in AIG stock, in an offering that eked out a small profit for taxpayers and began the government's exit from the bailed-out insurer. ❋ Unknown (2011)

For the third quarter, factory output likely eked out a slight gain because of strong growth in July and August, economists said, noting that should help euro-zone GDP expand around 1.5% on an annualized basis. ❋ Brian Blackstone (2011)

The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite eked out a gain of 4.12, or 0.1%, to 2773.31. ❋ Brendan Conway (2011)

JetBlue Airways Corp., hammered by high fuel expenses and flight cancellations caused by wicked winter storms earlier this year, eked out a small first-quarter profit on buoyant revenue. ❋ Susan Carey (2011)

In 2009, Bridgewater's largest fund eked out a 2% gain, while the stock market had one of the greatest rallies in recent memory. ❋ Michael Corkery (2010)

German luxury-car maker BMW AG eked out a 0.4% gain to 74,941 cars, with its core brand accounting for 58,442 cars, up 1.7% year-to-year. ❋ Christoph Rauwald (2010)

Most markets in Asia lost ground following China's surprise rate increase, but Shanghai eked out a gain. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ahead of those reports, Apple edged up 1% and IBM eked out a gain of 0.1%. ❋ Donna Kardos Yesalavich (2010)