A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

EKE

Sat, 27 May '23
Stretch (out)
Sun, 29 Jan '23
Scratch (out)
Fri, 27 Jan '23
Make, with "out"
Mon, 9 Jan '23
___ out a living
Sun, 13 Nov '22
Barely squeeze (by)
Wed, 7 Sep '22
Barely manage, with "out"
Wed, 3 Aug '22
Barely make, with "out"
Sun, 24 Jul '22
Scratch (out)
Fri, 10 Jun '22
Just get (by)
Tue, 7 Jun '22
Barely manage, with "out"
Sat, 21 May '22
Barely make do, with "by"
Fri, 6 May '22
Barely make, with "out"
Wed, 23 Feb '22
Scrape (out)
Sun, 9 Jan '22
___ out a victory
Sat, 4 Dec '21
Pull (out)
Mon, 18 Oct '21
___ out a living
Thu, 14 Oct '21
Just scrape (by)
Wed, 6 Oct '21
Scratch (out)
Tue, 3 Aug '21
Scrape (out)
Mon, 2 Aug '21
Just manage, with "by"
Thu, 29 Jul '21
Barely manage, with "out"
Fri, 2 Jul '21
Squeeze (out)
Wed, 28 Apr '21
Scratch (out)
Fri, 19 Mar '21
Squeeze (out)