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as in to shuffle
to move heavily or clumsily
flooded residents who were forced to trudge through waist-deep water
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as in to stumble
to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually
no expert on taxes, I spent the whole weekend trudging through government forms
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Recent Examples of trudge
The following decade of trudging through the endless cycle of recording, releasing, promoting, and touring had left Diamandis with unresolved chronic health issues.
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Liam Hess, Vogue, 6 June 2025
The hallway is a nearly solid mass of tourists who trudge forward grim and mute as prisoners chained together at the ankles, condemned to the gallows.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 5 June 2025
Throughout hunt, chase and combat, Maclean and Ryan feature wide shots of enemies trudging across lakes and coves that suggest tribal movement across continents.
—Armond White, National Review, 4 June 2025
Biologists trudged through the grassy nature preserve carrying cloth bags that contained fearsome-seeming cargo: 42 snake-eating apex predators, bred in Lake County.
—Olivia Lloyd, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 May 2025
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Liam Hess, Vogue, 6 June 2025
The hallway is a nearly solid mass of tourists who trudge forward grim and mute as prisoners chained together at the ankles, condemned to the gallows.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 5 June 2025
Throughout hunt, chase and combat, Maclean and Ryan feature wide shots of enemies trudging across lakes and coves that suggest tribal movement across continents.
—Armond White, National Review, 4 June 2025
Biologists trudged through the grassy nature preserve carrying cloth bags that contained fearsome-seeming cargo: 42 snake-eating apex predators, bred in Lake County.
—Olivia Lloyd, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trudge
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Prosecutors alleged Kelsey illegally shuffled money from his state senate campaigin committee to his federal campaign.—
Melissa Brown,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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Each of these had a variable number of lithium atoms at each of the corners of these structures, and molecular simulations showed that lithium ions could readily move between these locations, allowing the material to shuffle ions around rapidly.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
26 June 2025
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Hegseth, a former Fox TV host who has stumbled through several controversies during his six months in office, sat silently next to Trump without volunteering any information about the decision that apparently came on his watch.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
9 July 2025
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After a dramatic event, like an underwater landslide, covered her in sediment, her body remained hidden until 16 years ago, when scientists stumbled upon the nearly pristine fossil of the animal—a dolphin-like marine predator—and unearthed it for further research.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 July 2025
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Complaining on NextDoor about traffic, some locals fled downtown Austin like a movie monster was stomping behind them.—
Ramon Ramirez,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Eighteen months ago, playing those songs inspired fans at the Ryman Auditorium to stomp their feet, throw Resistol hats in the air and soak church pews in alcohol for two hours.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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But almost six months into his second mandate, his administration has struggled to keep the cost of the staple down.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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Many prominent energy and hardware startups have faltered at this critical juncture, struggling to transition from promising prototypes to reliable performance in real-world settings at scale.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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“Trudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trudge. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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