grind
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Was he a frustrated Uber driver with an axe to grind against the rich?
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
The growth of the sport in this country has been a slow, arduous, often self-sabotaging grind.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
As the legend goes, tourists in Milan who grind their heels on the bull's testicles and spin in place three times are guaranteed good fortune and are destined to return.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
Fast, crisp and snide, “The Diary of a Chambermaid” gives equal weight to the monotony and the absurdity of Gianina’s grind.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
“You’ve got a marvelous garden of succulents. You could grind those up and squeeze at least a gallon out of them. I could even show you how to make a condenser to extract the water.”
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Vocabulary lists containing grind
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 8
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 8
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