grind
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You’re not in this purchase to grind out a small gain with a minor move — you want a big gain on a monster move in VIX.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Entering her 16th season as coach, Close is emphatic about the importance of process over outcome — or journey over destination — and leaning into the beauty of the grind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
While still warm, shower with a little more Pecorino and another grind or two of black pepper.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
But they also give eerie glimpses of conference rooms and cubicles unchanged since IBM left a decade ago, as if employees had fled the daily grind one day and never returned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
By 2011, the West African black rhino was officially declared extinct, thanks to poachers who mercilessly killed them for their horns—which people then use for decorative carvings and grind into powder for medicines.
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
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
Stir well, then season with soy sauce, a few grinds of black pepper and salt as needed.
From Salon ● May 19, 2026
This is no herbal concoction that my mother grinds up out of woodland plants, it's high-tech medicine brewed up in the Capitol's labs.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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
The back-and-forth between McGovern and Republican House members grinded proceedings to a halt for about an hour.
From Salon ● May 23, 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 will continue to maintain a significant operational presence until the incident is safely concluded, with 75 remaining on the ground on Saturday, police said.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
On one of the reps, Wallace was sent to the ground when trying to block his man.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Everything is cooked with unsalted butter, then seasoned with ground coriander, kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
Starlink’s satellite spectrum capacity doesn’t come close to matching ground connectivity speed, their research recently highlighted.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026
With a pop, Gingersnipes wrenched a whole cluster of mushrooms from the ground.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
The diplomatic machinery is already grinding toward those meetings, with each serving as a checkpoint Beijing wants to clear without a Taiwan arms package in between.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Since Russia’s 2022 invasion, the conflict has settled into a grinding war of attrition, with both sides deeply dug in.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026
On both occasions, their run came to a grinding halt at the semi-final stage, losing on penalties to Germany.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
“I’ve just been working out and grinding every day so that I could be in position, so to see all of that hard work pay off right now, it’s really fulfilling.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
There was a thunk, a whirr, and the sound of grinding gears as the elevator car slowly creaked its way through the shaft.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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