plod
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bang away, beaver (away), dig (away), drudge, endeavor, fag, grub, hump, hustle, labor, moil, peg (away), plow, plug, slave, slog, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, toil, travail, tug, work
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At the center of all these debates is a bit of legislation that came into being well before Facebook and Twitter, back when the internet was plodding along at dial-up speeds: Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act. — Matt Laslo, WIRED, "The Fight Over Section 230—and the Internet as We Know It," 13 Aug. 2019 Bicycles, newspaper boxes, mass homelessness, plodding iPhone gazers — all these things disturbed the fiction of a street neatly divided into walkers and cars. — Avi Selk, Washington Post, "The death of the sidewalk," 30 June 2019 Going two tight ends can diversify Detroit’s offense while aiding the running game, which also gets a boost from C.J. Anderson replacing plodding veteran LeGarrette Blount. — Andy Benoit, SI.com, "NFC North Offseason Reports: How Will the Aaron Rodgers-Matt LaFleur Marriage Work?," 12 June 2019 Dishes plodded out irregularly for the rest of the night; bread service arrived closer to the end of the meal than the beginning. — Patricia Escárcega, latimes.com, "Spago at middle age: Is Wolfgang Puck’s flagship restaurant still relevant?," 27 June 2019 So when a small planet begins to plod across a star’s face, its very first steps might not make an abrupt, noticeable dent in the already dim light at the edge. — Nadia Drake, National Geographic, "18 Earth-size planets found in our galaxy—all hiding in plain sight," 28 May 2019 Damus moved into a guest room in Benjamin and Hart’s house in November and will continue to live there as the court case plods on. — Michael K. Mcintyre, cleveland.com, "Haitian asylum seeker Ansly Damus adjusting to freedom, seeks work to help family back home: Michael K. McIntyre," 14 July 2019 Creative and culinary teams came and went as the project plodded along. — Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, "Could clues to Harvard Square’s future be found in a stunning new English hotel?," 13 July 2019 About twenty minutes before school starts, teacher Shannon Olson plods up a short hill, climbs the school building's steps and enters her classroom. — Lily Altavena, azcentral, "This Arizona school has just one student. Here's what her day is like.," 12 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'plod.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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