chug
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All three major U.S. stock indexes ended last week at fresh highs and are continuing to chug along this year.
From Barron's ● May 31, 2026
So far, the broader market has continued to chug higher.
From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026
Meanwhile, SSE continues to chug forward amid mixed weather conditions and consistent profit expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor left Windsor not with a regal fanfare, but with the chug of removal lorries, heading for Norfolk in the night.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026
If it were the fuel system, the engine would turn and chug, but not start.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
But soon enough, stock traders learned to live with those worries—and eventually look right past them, while the U.S. economy chugged along and a new leg of the AI rally took the spotlight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
As San Diego chugged through its lineup, Sasaki struggled to keep up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
Influencers in cowboy hats chugged cartons of milk.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Massie even chugged a celebratory glass of raw milk.
From Slate ● May 20, 2026
Sunlight glinted off the water as we chugged up the Strait of Georgia.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
As Banderas plays him, he’s a bearish marvel of a man with the kind of earthy soul that would have had Ernest Hemingway chugging salty dogs on his barstool all night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The group’s primal musical stew came from thoroughly American ingredients: ragged blues, chugging rock, narcotic country and hoarse soul.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Barron’s in January outlined a road map for how to fix the struggling stock, recommending that the new CEO should focus on accelerating streaming growth and keeping the company’s successful experiences division chugging along.
From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026
The country’s export juggernaut is chugging along ahead of President Trump’s visit to Beijing later this month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
Nothing, apart from the machinery chugging beneath us.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
