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grind

[grahynd] / graɪnd /






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But many officials, Collins included, still expect inflation to grind lower without a rate increase.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Each week, I’d search online for videos showing Greybeard’s journey, a pep in his step or the grueling grind across the miles.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

"When you're in this situation and you've got a guide dog and you can't do anything, it does make certain things grind to a halt."

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Fields said he understands the college recruiting grind.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

One of the benefits of being the athlete that is often overlooked is that it forces you to work harder, to keep your head down, and grind through whatever task lies ahead.

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

In Tehran, artist Aref Montazeri faces postponed shows and scarce supplies as conflict grinds on.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

Amelia grinds the words out painfully, like they’re scratching the inside of her throat.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

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

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

His prose is often vivid and propulsive, describing “benches so waxed they were black slabs of former white concrete, generations of candles melted by the sun and grinded into iconography.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 12, 2024

“As the war has grinded on, justice is beginning to seem more like cruelty,” Stewart said on Monday's segment.

From Salon Apr. 9, 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

“Long-range strike is what both sides do because it is the one domain where they can still act when the ground war is stalemated,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

I can already imagine it: point your phone at a package of ground beef and wait while a tiny animated horseshoe spins on the screen.

From Salon Aug. 27, 2026

Sitting on the ground outside the hospital's entrance was a father who had lost his newborn son, and was now haunted by fears his wife might also die.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

In separate catalog updating tests, Starling also generated better onboard predictions of object positions than those supplied by ground stations.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

We laid my blanket on the ground, stretched out side by side, and pulled hers over us.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

But this latest grinding crisis has transformed the sights, sounds and smells of Old Havana entirely.

From Barron's 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

“I’m self-made. I’ve been training on my own just grinding ... getting bigger, faster, stronger. I’ve seen the progress.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

At the height of the civil war, the river running along the border with Congo was one of the few routes in and out of the capital for residents fleeing the grinding conflict.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

When she was done grinding the unusual ingredient, she spooned its fine white particles into a miniature sieve and dusted the top of four freshly baked pies with it.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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