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labored

[ley-berd] / ˈleɪ bərd /


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Thus far, however, this effort has yielded only a few dozen genetically modified long-haired mice, which evokes the Aesopian adage about the mountain that labored and brought forth a mouse.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

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

Another concerned a sort of command center where workers labored “to make the internet as bad as we can possibly get it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

Google for years labored to catch up in the AI race.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

Girls as young as ten and women old enough to be grandmothers labored alongside her.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell




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