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plod

verb as in walk heavily

verb as in work slowly and under duress

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The film’s most remarkable feat is that it manages to fit both everything and nothing into its plodding 135 minutes — even the brief “so bad it might be good” thrill wears off in a flash.

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Robbie Fowler: "Does the outside noise affect you or are you just happy plodding along, doing what you need to do and try and put people right?"

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Investors accustomed to dissecting every payroll figure were left flying blind, forced to rely on private trackers and early state filings that suggested the labor market merely “plodded along” in September.

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France’s economy keeps plodding along despite a meltdown at the top.

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Some of us had spent years plodding through paperwork and interviews, as well as preparing for the citizenship test.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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