labored
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Last Thanksgiving, Megan Thee Stallion labored for days to prepare an elaborate holiday dinner for then-boyfriend Klay Thompson and his family.
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026
Initially intriguing, the jumbled chronology eventually proves to be largely decorative until a disappointing late-reel twist explains why the labored device was deployed in the first place.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
They appeared to agree on Meta’s culpability by Friday, but labored through Tuesday to hash out a decision for Google, delivering their verdict just after 10 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
For 15 years, Carter labored in the Valley of the Kings on the banks of the Nile opposite modern-day Luxor, seeking a pharaoh’s tomb that hadn’t been robbed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
Yet he labored on, struggling up a long, dim slope.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Vocabulary lists containing labored
Five Feet Apart
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