toiled

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After a stellar career at USC, pitcher Chris Clarke toiled for six years in baseball’s minor leagues.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Around 7,000 workers toiled on the four-year project, overseen by a division of Mobil Oil, an in-house Aramco newsletter reported in 1983, two years after the first shipment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

British officials have toiled behind the scenes to lobby the Trump administration on Ukraine and Greenland.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

While he was not at his absolute best and toiled positionally at times in the closing frames, his ability to turn things around against Zhao was testimony to his granite match-play.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

Wizards speak truth, and it was true that all the mastery of Names that Ged had toiled to win that year was the mere start of what he must go on learning all his life.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin