laborious
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New technology, water-logged methods of excavation and laborious conservation techniques were the new normal.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
But the sneaky charm evident in projects like “What We Do in the Shadows” has, of late, been replaced by laborious comedic set pieces and in “Klara and the Sun,” the results are disastrously twee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Her repeated descriptions of bogs and their ability to “tell a story” are laborious.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Another not-insignificant consideration: Selling a home is a time-consuming, exhausting, stressful and laborious process.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
Many of the animals believed him.Their lives now, they reasoned, were hungry and laborious; was it not right and just that a better world should exist somewhere else?
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
Vocabulary lists containing laborious
Excerpt from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
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