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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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John McLeish, himself a forceful character, felt as if he had been put through a wringer .
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Rachel suddenly felt she'd been through an emotional wringer .
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She kept the wooden wringer in her corporate office, near her desk.
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Washing clothes, pulling items through a wringer and hanging them outside took a full day, and ironing took another.
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With the wringer and mop they make up a mopping system.