grind
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It’s a defense so potentially good, defensive tackle Aaron Donald willingly threw himself back into the grind after two years out of the game to join it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Bean impressively captures Wanda’s determined grind, but it’s Asante Blackk’s delicate combination of anxiety and ambition as her cousin Lamar, a musical prodigy, that locked me in to the first episode.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
Another prison governor who also works in the north of England told the BBC that something needs to be done about overcrowding and prisoner recalls, or "the criminal justice system will grind to a halt".
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Such finds often cause development plans to grind to a halt.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
I told myself that whatever was meant for me would never miss me, and all I had to do was keep my head down and continue to grind.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
They may even be detained for months or years while their case grinds through immigration court.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026
When he’s done speaking, Paul looks back down at the table, grinds his palms together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
Countries and companies are working through alternatives to Hormuz as the conflict grinds on.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
Unless the artificial-intelligence data center boom grinds to a halt, memory and storage chips will continue to see unprecedented shortages.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
Over the next few weeks, as one day grinds into the next, life is quiet and tense.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
Hiring had almost grinded to a halt by the end of summer, alarming the Fed enough to push the central bank to start cutting interest rates again.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 1, 2025
But in Friday’s series opener, they had finally played clean baseball, and even more importantly, grinded out a one-run win.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2025
At Roland Garros he described his level as "vintage Norrie" and the way in which he grinded past Jarry was another example as he went one better here.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2025
“He’s grinded through Tommy John. He’s grinded through the rehab process,” catcher Ryan Jeffers said.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2024
The propeller grinded into reverse, trying to slow the ship, but we kept sliding toward the center of the vortex.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
Firefighters were fighting the fire on the ground and by air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Tuesday as part of a new push to ground Tehran’s aviation sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
"Sport has the ability to reach people who may never walk through the door of a mental healthcare service," Prince William is expected to say at an event at Everton's football ground on Thursday.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
The index has lost ground so far since the start of the third quarter, putting it on track for what would be its first quarterly loss since early 2025, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
They had to decide what to do about Hominy Ridge School now that Miss Myrt was in the ground.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
East Tennessee's water-powered Old Mill first began grinding cornmeal back in 1830 in the deep Appalachian region along the Little Pigeon River.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Whatever happens, classes start later this month and he’s still grinding, watching and learning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The roughly 2,000-word official obituary credited him with negotiating China’s entry into the World Trade Organization, a deal he clinched in 2001 after years of grinding talks with Washington that at one point nearly collapsed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
You need to have this time of grinding with the guys, being around them all day, starting to create that chemistry and standard for how we are going to do things.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
He grew to hate the grinding sound of saws and axes.
From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis
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