plodded
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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
He "understands" the very vocal frustration of the fans made clear - again - as the players plodded off the pitch.
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2025
They plodded upward to establish Camp 3 at the base of the Polish Glacier, at about 19,400 feet.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2023
They crossed into a field and plodded on toward a distant stand of trees skylighted stark and black against the last of the visible world.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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