grunt
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You cannot take the pain out of writing, but you can lessen some of the grunt work and redirect your energy, and despair, elsewhere.
From Slate ● May 24, 2026
So the AI does 90% of the grunt work?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
Tech workers’ new obsession is watching bots do their grunt work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
He said young professionals should not shy away from doing the grunt work.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 18, 2026
Taran heard Doli grunt as the dwarf loosed an arrow at the nearest warrior.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
Hedgehogs may be communicating with more than just snuffles, grunts and snorts, according to scientists who have discovered the animal's hearing range.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
The wacky 1994 film where Robert De Niro grunts his way through playing the Monster?
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026
Of course, the Patriots won their six Super Bowls with Tom Brady and Grumpy Lobster Boat Captain Bill Belichick, who built a dynastic partnership before it fizzled in a fog of grunts and perceived slights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
Running over one of his own Russian bikers, he grunts in annoyance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
I heard the dough hit the counter and her little grunts as she kneaded it and rolled it out.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
He grunted as West and three men transferred him from the small plane to the truck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
As the video from the event shows, he threw his back into it, taxing himself enough that he grunted from the exertion.
From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2025
Sitting in the gallery, Peterson shook his head and grunted in disagreement during Brill’s argument.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2023
My father grunted in disgust at the clearly stupid question.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 23, 2023
I grunted, and Daniel made a sound that I couldn’t decipher.
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
It’s the grunting culmination of a love affair that began when Higdon, a retired cancer surgeon, encountered a line of yaks in Nepal not far from Mt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
With the match on serve, Sabalenka was hit with a hindrance call for grunting, triggering a long video review and boos.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
He plays it in a way that’s equal parts grunting and scatting and which, as Kirk biographer John Kruth has noted, was essentially adopted wholesale by rock star Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026
His 1992 title ushered in a period on dominance for Williams just as cars were beginning to become technical masterpieces over the grunting monsters of the eras before them.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025
The minute he saw Ben Johnson, he dropped the apple and started grunting as he hopped up and down on his short legs.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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