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chore

[chawr, chohr] / tʃɔr, tʃoʊr /


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On paper, it makes sense: Self-care feels like such a chore, why not make it fun?

From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026

“I did some outdoor sports for about an hour and then came home and spent several hours doing every chore that had been piling up all week.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

It can be a tedious but illuminating chore that will help you become more aware of where your money is going.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

Not only can cooking in hot weather feel like a chore, but many of us find ourselves feeling less hungry altogether.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

This feat requires what the early-twentieth-century American writer Sinclair Lewis called a “willingness to sift the sanctified lies,” a chore that is hard enough when the “lie” is trivial.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

None of the chores that Meta boasts about are beyond the capabilities of most people living in today’s digital world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Still, there’s clearly a lot of resentment among some Christian conservative women about husbands who don’t do chores.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

"Taking care of guests, cooking meals, cleaning rooms, and managing household chores fills our day," she says.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

But the simplest thing that would chill adoption of agent apps would be if they didn’t gain the ability to reliably do people’s internet chores.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

That way he could do some of his homeschool work before chores.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis




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