painstaking

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Through painstaking renovations and a bit of reality TV magic.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

Susan Stamatkin, 67, is making a painstaking list of every detail of her household before she has surgery at the end of March.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 10, 2026

She would create multiple pictures of the same or similar subjects, refining her craft through painstaking repetition on her modest-sized canvases.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

Negotiations between Brussels and Canberra collapsed in 2023 after five years of painstaking discussions over a wide array of issues.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

There was the high bench over which Father had bent for so many years, doing the delicate, painstaking work that was known as the finest in Holland.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom