trudge

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for trudge
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trudge
Verb
  • Prosecutors alleged Kelsey illegally shuffled money from his state senate campaigin committee to his federal campaign.
    Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • After making it around the corner of a nearby Taco Bell, Muller appears to stumble, the footage shows.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2025
  • Astronomers studying a distant galaxy cluster stumbled upon ancient radio signals that might hold clues to the formation of the early universe.
    Nick Butler, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • Now, with no practical skills to speak of, the newly unemployed Grant struggled to find work.
    Casey Cep, New Yorker, 28 June 2025
  • However, San Jose has struggled to keep pace, with the city failing to see a single construction start last year for market-rate multi-family developments over 20 units, making the Pleasant Hills project a potential bonus should it be constructed.
    Devan Patel, Mercury News, 28 June 2025

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“Trudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trudge. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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