struggle on
phrasal verb
struggled on; struggling on; struggles on
: to continue doing something that is difficult or tiring
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That’s flipped now, as intermediate tracks have consistently put on more exciting races while the Next Gen has struggled on short tracks and road courses.
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Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
The story’s dreamy and at times ludicrous emotional landscape often struggles on more realistic grounding.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
Despite his struggles on the home front, Starmer has been praised for his work on the world stage.
—Jill Lawless The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2026
Some foresee this leading to a sort of explosion in the intelligence of AI systems, while others caution that such iteration might work to increase capabilities in some domains — like software engineering — while AI systems will continue to struggle on cognitive or physical abilities.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
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Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
The story’s dreamy and at times ludicrous emotional landscape often struggles on more realistic grounding.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
Despite his struggles on the home front, Starmer has been praised for his work on the world stage.
—Jill Lawless The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2026
Some foresee this leading to a sort of explosion in the intelligence of AI systems, while others caution that such iteration might work to increase capabilities in some domains — like software engineering — while AI systems will continue to struggle on cognitive or physical abilities.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Struggle on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/struggle%20on. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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