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struggle on

VERB

keep one's nose to the grindstone

Synonyms

WEAK

hammer away keep one's shoulder to the wheel peg away plug away put one's nose to the grindstone wade through work hard

Example Sentences

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struggle on

Stocks continued to struggle on Wednesday as crude oil prices and Treasury yields built on recent gains.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

The dispute centered on a power struggle on the Helios board.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

Young was not the only player to struggle on the last.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026

They feel imprisoned "like a bird whose wings have been torn off" but struggle on, defiant in their own way.

From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026

But do not pin your struggle on their conversion.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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