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toil

noun as in hard work

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The other men on the line, in their 50s and 60s, had similarly gotten amnesty after years toiling in the fields.

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As Baraa toils on, he longs for a return to a normal life with prospects of more profitable employment.

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Like lottery winners, wealthy individuals fear their offspring might blow money they haven’t had to toil for.

For 77 minutes the United head coach watched his players toil.

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No way were they created from the blood, sweat and beers of toiling engineers, massive amounts of human ingenuity melded with trillions in capital delivered along land, ship and jet trade routes.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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