chug
Example Sentences
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The investment bank and financial-services firm chugged along for years without much notice, specializing in bond trading and deals in risky corners of the finance world that competitors avoided.
Using your phone as a WiFi hub chugs through data and your battery, you might be charged extra and the phone company may slow down your connection.
From Washington Post
It kept its machines chugging during lunch breaks and brought on temporary workers to ensure it could produce pizzas at the suddenly breakneck pace.
From New York Times
The simplest sign of a smoothly running gastrointestinal tract is also the most boring one: Your gut should chug along quietly and with little complaint.
From Seattle Times
Washington’s offense chugged along even as Porzingis faded after the first quarter.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
