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as in to struggle
to devote serious and sustained effort
plodded night and day to get the assignment done
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as in to stumble
to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually
oxen plodding through deep mud
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as in to shuffle
to move heavily or clumsily
wayfarers plodding across the sandy wastes
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Recent Examples of plod
The team also ditched its plodding 1-3-1 neutral zone trap in favor of more offensive-minded 1-2-2, a formation Kopitar said has made the team dynamic.
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Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
And the storm was still plodding north, toward East Tennessee, saturated in recent days by at least 4 inches of rain from a separate system.
—Sharif Paget, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
The band composes ephemeral songs within songs, bending genres along the way—plodding organ funk may give way to bright, searching major-key bliss rock.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 22 June 2024
The result, however, is a generic and plodding revenge thriller that’s nowhere near bold enough to justify the franchise’s resurrection.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2024
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Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
And the storm was still plodding north, toward East Tennessee, saturated in recent days by at least 4 inches of rain from a separate system.
—Sharif Paget, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
The band composes ephemeral songs within songs, bending genres along the way—plodding organ funk may give way to bright, searching major-key bliss rock.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 22 June 2024
The result, however, is a generic and plodding revenge thriller that’s nowhere near bold enough to justify the franchise’s resurrection.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plod
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Thus, consumption of THCV can be beneficial for those who struggle with weight gain and/or food craving.Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Historians are struggling to recover their inexpressible secrets.Erin Maglaque, The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 2024
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Surveyors reportedly stumbled upon the endangered bees during an environmental review of the area, forcing regulators to suspend the project.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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In the fall of 2022, a Princeton University graduate student named Carolina Figueiredo stumbled onto a massive coincidence.Charlie Wood, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
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The longer the war in Ukraine drags on, the more the cost of deterring China goes up.Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
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She had been strangled with a ligature, bludgeoned and dragged by a car into the desert wash, police said.Alaa Elassar, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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The same account posted a separate video showing a woman collecting her jacket from the back of her chair and shuffling past other people to get out of the row.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Things could be shuffled here soon after three linemen left the game with injuries.Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2024
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Always strive to be transparent with your communications.Cory McNeley, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Charlie Dennis is writer-director from the West Midlands in the United Kingdom, who strives to improve accessibility within film and TV aims to ensure that even the most exciting stories stay profoundly human.Angelique Jackson, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
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On October 4, 2024, American climber Tracee Metcalfe trudged toward the summit of 26,335-foot Shishapangma in Tibet.Owen Clarke, Outside Online, 14 Nov. 2024
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Leatherface might get to trudge home at the end of the film, but the franchise certainly doesn’t.Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
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Access is easy without the need for ladders (rooftop tents) or crawling (traditional ground tents).Fergus Scholes, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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Here's why At one point he’s basically indentured to almost comically evil thieves, who force him to crawl through small spaces in the rubble to steal for them.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Instead of stomping their feet, her parents could simply say her name.Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2024
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Dinosaurs stomp past, ice ages come and go, indigenous people hunt for food.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Plod.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plod. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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