Sentences with phrase «barely eked»

The S&P Municipal Bond Puerto Rico Bond Index has barely eked out a positive return so far in 2015.

The tenth is a House veteran, Rep. Darrell Issa (Calif.), who barely eked out a victory in an increasingly competitive San Diego - area district.

The first - term incumbent barely eked out a victory in 2012 — only pulling ahead of his GOP opponent after late absentee and provisional balloting.

The Tide lost their composure in the second half against Auburn, fell by 12, and barely eked out a Playoff bid because of it.

U.S. stocks underperformed emerging markets stocks, which was the only one among the three major regions — U.S., developed markets ex-U.S. and EM — to turn in positive performance as of Thursday, but even emerging markets barely eked out a gain, up about one half of 1 percent.

In November 2008, an election year that swept a barrier - breaking dynamo of the opposite party into the White House and pumped Democratic numbers in the chamber to 59 (and soon after, a filibuster - proof 60), McConnell barely eked out a win.

With equity valuations at historic highs and government bonds barely eking out a return, junk bonds offer solid yields at a good price, he reasons.

Boston -LRB--2) is getting just under 50 % of spread tickets but fewer than 25 % of the money, which indicates that the Celtics may be overvalued in this spot after barely eking out a win in overtime of Game 1.

In contrast to the images from Frankenstein movies, the man - made creature would barely eke out an existence in the pampered confines of a laboratory flask.

As the film opens, Billy has defended his belt for the fourth time; however, he barely ekes out a decision.

More and more teaching is done by adjuncts, who move from one campus to another each day and who barely eke out a living.

Amazon will see around 4 percent market share here, and Windows tablets will barely eke out 2 percent, the firm claims.

People barely eke out a living.

They may have a practice that appears successful, but they are barely eking out a living or they're working 70 hours a week.

Not exact matches

Since the population of cells down there is small, most people thought they would just barely be able to eke out a living, that they were organisms with very few capabilities.

In these vile conditions they barely manage to eke out an existence, but have nonetheless managed to transform their surroundings into a shanty town where they may shelter.