grunt work
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After getting her first job, she says, "I raised my hand for a lot of the grunt work that other people didn't want to do and I built connections as I went along."
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
In a gangster movie we’d call it muscle: large men with misshapen heads who do the grunt work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
More than their predecessors, they have an innate versatility with the fast-evolving technology and little deference for the notion they have to pay their dues with repetitive grunt work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
You cannot take the pain out of writing, but you can lessen some of the grunt work and redirect your energy, and despair, elsewhere.
From Slate ● May 24, 2026
As usual, Jonah helped Dad with the grunt work — tearing stuff out and hammering stuff back in.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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