plod

Football players would plod up it as part of their training camp, and Harbaugh would run with them and urge them along.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

In Kirk’s name, they will continue to plod through long, grueling, nonsensical arguments about Egyptian aircraft and Emmanuel Macron, with people who are simply never going to listen.

From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2025

In trying to make media-watching “easier,” tech has slowed the process to a maddening plod.

From Salon ● May 22, 2025

Virginia legislators can’t plod through discussion on every single issue or they would run out of time, said House GOP Leader Todd Gilbert.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2024

Half an hour later I scrambled up its frozen snout and began the long plod to the Thumb.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

Federal support has served as a stock catalyst over the past few months as Oklo plods toward profitability.

From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026

These CGI beasts, along with their size, age, and temperament, matter more as “House of the Dragon” plods on.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2024

There’s something conspiratorial in a song like “World on a String,” which plods forward with a slow menace, as inviting as it is eerie.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2024

But mostly “Next Goal Wins” just plods along, agreeable and familiar and instantly forgettable.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2023

She plods out and Patricia whispers again in a heavy Kerry accent, No laughing, Francis, you could be doin’ serious damage to your internal apparatus.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

We plodded through the powder, passing deer tracks as we moved, until we reached a small clearing with several promising candidates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

After the increasingly disastrous three “Jurassic World” movies, which were vacuums of appeal as their star Chris Pratt plodded about bemoaning his precious housebroken velociraptors, the “Jurassic” series desperately needed a shot in the arm.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2025

We plodded through an obsidian darkness, one deliberate step at a time, our headlamp beams illuminating the way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2024

But people must document 80 monthly hours of work, study, rehabilitation or volunteering to be eligible for Georgia’s Pathways program, and enrollment has plodded, with fewer than 1,100 people signed up through October.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 4, 2024

The only sound was the squelching of their feet as they plodded on.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

Denton’s late-summer start date shows that Nike’s turnaround is plodding along, but will take time.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

All season, the Trailblazers had been plodding along preparing for the inevitable matchup of No. 1 vs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2026

If these brilliant entities begin elbowing aside plodding humans, where does that leave us?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026

With a short season, smaller scope and much lighter tone, this could be the welcome antidote to the humorless, plodding “HotD,” and get Westeros fans excited again.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 31, 2025

The look of the defeated— his father’s look—big, plodding strawberry farmer.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson