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drill, grind, groove, lockstep, pattern, rote, routine, rut
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Johnson had spent the past few years of his career on the blockbuster treadmill making Star Wars: The Last Jedi and then enduring waves of hype, online trolling, praise, and backlash for the inimitable sequel. — David Sims, The Atlantic, "TIFF 2019: Nine Movies to Pay Attention to This Awards Season," 10 Sep. 2019 Published in the journal Free Radical Biology and Medicine, the study asked participants to fast for the night and then run on a treadmill the next day for 30 minutes on two separate occasions. — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, "Mouthwash after exercise may counter a workout's blood-pressure-lowering benefits, study finds," 5 Sep. 2019 La Stella, who still uses the alter-G machine tojog on a treadmill, couldn’t narrow that window. — Los Angeles Times, "Mike Trout and Justin Upton power Angels over White Sox," 15 Aug. 2019 Yasmin Wijnaldum is in a black gown top, hair coiffed to the gods, strutting on a treadmill in stilettos, and then—bam!—golden confetti rains down from the sky. — Amanda Brooks, Vogue, "Ladies and Gentlemen, We’re Live From the Moschino Game Show!," 26 Feb. 2019 In Eichenbaum’s experiments, a rat runs on the treadmill for a set period — say, 15 seconds — and then gets a reward. — Quanta Magazine, "New Clues to How the Brain Maps Time," 26 Jan. 2016 Jocelyn Benson’s new NordicTrack treadmill doesn’t work, despite her best efforts. — Christopher Elliott, courant.com, "Problem Solved: Her NordicTrack keeps freezing up," 23 Aug. 2019 Step training on the treadmill with bodyweight support helped people with spinal-cord injuries, especially less severe injuries, improve their ability to move. — Cassandra Willyard, Scientific American, "How a Revolutionary Technique Got People with Spinal-Cord Injuries Back on Their Feet," 7 Aug. 2019 As far as personal hardship goes, about all there was to worry about was a wait to get on a treadmill in the fitness room before getting a bite and heading out to the ballpark. — Bud Selig With Phil Rogers, SI.com, "Bud Selig Recounts His 'Misery' Waiting for Barry Bonds to Break the Home Run Record," 9 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'treadmill.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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