slog
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The next evening, Cohn made the long slog back out to 2001 Odyssey, but the young man had disappeared.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026
As cricket prepares to go into hibernation for the winter after the usual summer slog, Ben Stokes' playing diary is a lot quieter than previously.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The company’s most recent financial report to investors, however, showed slumping sales in its North American foods segment, as the consumer slog against inflation continued.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Still, though it wakes up when we get to the storming of the Bastille, economically but effectively rendered, and, later the Reign of Terror, in between it can turn into a murky, mopey slog.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
He knew full well that a two- thousand-meter race was an entirely different matter from a four-mile slog at Poughkeepsie.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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Let’s be clear: Training camps no longer are the two-a-day-workout, full-contact slogs of decades past.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Jordan said in an interview that he intended to closely focus on Domino’s operations as the pizza sector slogs through years of anemic growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Nevertheless, it is important to remember that this isn’t yet a foregone conclusion by any means—and that there are multiple uphill slogs ahead for PSWBD.
From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2026
One thing for certain is that England's sweeps, reverse-sweeps, switch-hits, slogs and scoops befuddled the hosts in Hyderabad.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2024
He slogs over through waist-high weeds to where the doe lays.
From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
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Last year, the Chargers used the identical 22nd pick on North Carolina running back Omarion Hampton, who showed flashes of promise as a rookie but also slogged through an injury-plagued season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
At the close of one of the most historic, significant and surreal days in English cricketing history, the home side had slogged their way to 103-4 in a chase of a fanciful 373.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Musk says he slogged through “production hell” in 2017 and nearly ran out of money as Tesla struggled to mass-produce its new Model 3 sedan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Brook was fortunate to survive on 45 when he slogged Starc and the ball dropped between three chasing fielders.
From Barron's ● Jan. 4, 2026
She just slogged right in up to her knees, blue jeans and all, without the slightest regard.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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These “ghost jobs” have been a longtime source of frustration and anguish for people slogging through an increasingly anonymous and impersonal job-search process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
These so-called ghost jobs are a longtime source of frustration and anguish for people slogging through an increasingly anonymous and impersonal job-search process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Having looked scratchy early on, Dunkley found her groove by slogging Kathryn Bryce over mid-wicket for six in the third over.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
Instead of slogging through full meals every Sunday only to stare at sad leftovers by Thursday, I now do a quarterly Big Prep Day.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2025
Now they’re both slogging through the muddy flower bed.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
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