Definition of PLODS

Examples of plod in a Sentence

We plodded through mud that came up past our ankles. I could hear my roommate plodding up the steps to our apartment. We plodded our way across the muddy field. He plodded through his work. The day was plodding along.

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The case, filed earlier this year, has been plodding along in U.S. District Court in Seattle, whose metro area is home to Amazon and Costco. — Los Angeles Times, "The Kona coffee you buy from Costco and Walmart? It might be fake," 15 Sep. 2019 In Mexico, the region’s second-biggest country, the economy has plodded along with low productivity growth and little social mobility. — The Economist, "Nearly a third of Latin Americans want to emigrate," 7 Sep. 2019 On Sunday, the Dodgers composed their own big inning -- a six-run sixth -- to overtake another Rockies outburst -- a four-run fifth -- and seal a series split with the second-place club in a game that plodded across four hours. — Jorge Castillo, latimes.com, "Dodgers capitalize on big sixth inning to split series with Rockies," 30 June 2019 At the center of all these debates is a bit of legislation that came into being well before Facebook and Twitter, back when the internet was plodding along at dial-up speeds: Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act. — Matt Laslo, WIRED, "The Fight Over Section 230—and the Internet as We Know It," 13 Aug. 2019 Bicycles, newspaper boxes, mass homelessness, plodding iPhone gazers — all these things disturbed the fiction of a street neatly divided into walkers and cars. — Avi Selk, Washington Post, "The death of the sidewalk," 30 June 2019 Going two tight ends can diversify Detroit’s offense while aiding the running game, which also gets a boost from C.J. Anderson replacing plodding veteran LeGarrette Blount. — Andy Benoit, SI.com, "NFC North Offseason Reports: How Will the Aaron Rodgers-Matt LaFleur Marriage Work?," 12 June 2019 Dishes plodded out irregularly for the rest of the night; bread service arrived closer to the end of the meal than the beginning. — Patricia Escárcega, latimes.com, "Spago at middle age: Is Wolfgang Puck’s flagship restaurant still relevant?," 27 June 2019 So when a small planet begins to plod across a star’s face, its very first steps might not make an abrupt, noticeable dent in the already dim light at the edge. — Nadia Drake, National Geographic, "18 Earth-size planets found in our galaxy—all hiding in plain sight," 28 May 2019

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