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It is not strange, then, that those who wrote of him should have eked out their scanty recollections with a lively fancy.

For a while, she eked out enough to pay for her language course by cleaning lavatories in railway stations.

The Los Angeles Lakers eked out a narrow victory over the visiting Denver Nuggets in game one of the Western Conferece finals Tuesday night.

Her iron-gray hair was eked out by a curled false fringe that was proudly brown and disdained to match the rest of her hair .

Jet eked out a net profit in its latest quarter by selling assets, slashing costs and booking tax credits, but the outlook remains tough.

Her iron-grey hair was eked out by a curled false fringe that was proudly brown and disdained to match the rest of her hair.

He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons ; Braque eked out his collages with charcoal .

Mr Cui, a retired soldier , was unable to find work in his native province and eked out a meagre living by baking sausages .

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

Citigroup and Bank of America (BofA) posted thumping quarterly losses. Morgan Stanley eked out a modest gain.

It eked out a 12 point advance Tuesday thanks to strong earnings from chemical maker DuPont Co. , a component of the index.

U. S. stock prices have barely eked out a 10% advance since 2005, underscoring the diminishment of our buying power.

It's possible, the critics argue, that the bacteria eked out a living on that scarce supply.

But the Dow Jones Industrial Average eked out a mere 22-point gain on the day of the announcement.

The modest meal was eked out with bread and milk.

Luckily for Kant, he was a popular lecturer and also an industrious one and so he eked out a meager living.

With a languid movement she eked out the thought that was in her.

Marginal writingability; eked out a marginal existence.

It became clear that Colvin and eked out a victory over Biddle in the primary.

Some PP-run regional governments have eked out efficiencies, cut investment and merged departments.

He eked out a living as a painter.

Carter had eked out a paper-thin victory only because of Watergate, stagflation and defeat in Vietnam.

Morgan Stanley eked out a modest gain.

Over the past six months the United States has eked out annualised growth of merely 0. 8%.

She eked out her small income by working as a music tutor .

He eked out him salary by fetch and carry for the neighbourhood .

She eked out her small income by cleaning other people's houses.

They eked out their coal by collecting firewood.

He eked out some information from the archives.

She eked out her wages by working Sundays.

VW's Czech Skoda brand eked out a 0. 4% rise to 46, 353 vehicles.

Focus eked out single-digit gains in both '98 and '99, whereas many rival funds were soaring 40% or 50%.

Amid the global economic slump, it eked out a sales gain of less than 1% in China last year, with sales there totaling $353. 4 million.

Dell eked out less than 3% net margin last year.

The watchman eked out his wages by growing vegetables