Many of them are immigrants trying to eke out a living in what appear to be knockoff costumes.

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Together, they own two and a half acres of tangerine and olive trees, enough to eke out a living.

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The way the newspapers are all crashing and burning it's making it even trickier to eke out a living doing it.

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Instead, they prefer to eke out a living from subsistence farming.

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The residents were primarily subsistence farmers trying to eke out a living through both crops and livestock, but the U.S. Army knew little more than that about them.

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As a result, Caleta's 350 villagers have had to rely on truckloads of water from elsewhere to keep them going water that comes at too high a price for most of the farmers who are trying to eke out a living from the place.

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Living in Bihar, India's poorest state, Shailendra says that farming is one of the only options available to help him eke out a living.

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She could not make a living there, and so she was coming to the United States to try and eke out an existence to find some income.

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