plod

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

When it became obvious the painfully slow-paced event would plod past 4½ hours, the Draft House was closed to some teams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2025

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

From Salon ● May 22, 2025

During Carnival this year, as many as 70 will plod through the swarming crowds each day, Edington said.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2024

I keep my eyes on the concrete squares of sidewalk and plod onward, making my way back down from Eighty-Sixth Street to Seventy-Fourth Street.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi

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

From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026

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

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2023

If the war plods on in a deadly, destructive stalemate, the two leaders might come to see mutual benefit in doing something to force things to an end.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2023

It sometimes plods, but it also whirls, dances and — like the Silverio whose shadow we see catapulting across the desert in the languorous opening shot — even manages to soar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2022

I fear he will go ‘stale’ ... if he plods on without intermission.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Discovery Chief Executive David Zaslav took the helm, his company plodded through years of turmoil and massive layoffs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Caroline, from County Durham, was divorced in 2002 and says she "plodded along for a bit" before being persuaded by a friend to give dating apps a try.

From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026

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

But as they plodded along the dirt road past wide stumpy fields, her last hopes died.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

"We just have to keep going as best we can, we have to keep plodding on."

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

This seems useful: the computer taking on work that plodding through yourself takes your time but brings no emotional payoff or personal growth.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026

Between the curtain of trees at every side, the ever-receding contour of rising slope before you, and your own plodding weariness, you gradually lose track of how far you have come.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson