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struggle on
verb as in keep one's nose to the grindstone
Example Sentences
Despite a 37-point effort from Anthony Davis and a strong game from LeBron James, the Lakers struggle on defense yet again in a 115-103 loss to Detroit.
In 2014, I published the book Where Memories Go, a mixture of memoir and journalism, to highlight what the experience is like for families who have to struggle on without hope of improvement – and I was stunned by the reaction.
And foster kids struggle on the rental market with no rental history, no guarantor and a monthly stipend of a little over $1,200.
He added, "The generation that grew up in the shadow of the Cold War and with the bookends of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Kennedy assassination on one side and Kent State, the Pentagon Papers and Watergate on the other might look at current student protesters and wonder why it appears as if they took the summer off from the struggle on college campuses. In the dog days of 1968, no one took the summer off."
"Astronauts are physically very capable, but they can struggle on the moon, where gravity is one-sixth that of Earth's but their inertia is still the same. Furthermore, wearing a spacesuit is a significant burden and can constrict their movements," says Harry Asada, professor of mechanical engineering at MIT.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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