grueling
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This marks the third consecutive month of increases, following a grueling 41-month stretch of decline that began in October 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
In grueling endurance sports like cycling, and now running, athletes are gobbling down unprecedented amounts of sugary carbohydrates, both in training and competition, via fast-acting gels and bottles loaded with glucose and fructose.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
Enacting change at the federal level has been a grueling process.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
But the contract also secured a 40-hour week with flex time off for extra hours, addressing long-standing complaints about grueling schedules.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
It meant slow, grueling work in a frozen mine.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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