plod

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Likewise NEO from 1X - which recently caused a stir by launching pre-orders for its robot - was able to slowly but effectively plod around the firm's test kitchen on its soft padded feet.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 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

For years, modular companies have vowed to revolutionize the homebuilding industry only to fail spectacularly or plod along amid technological problems and skepticism about limited designs and quality.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025

We’d run outside to watch the caravan plod through our street, men with dusty, weather-beaten faces and women dressed in long, colorful shawls, beads, and silver bracelets around their wrists and ankles.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini