1
as in to shuffle
to move heavily or clumsily
flooded residents who were forced to trudge through waist-deep water
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2
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
Rescue and recovery efforts trudged on for a fifth day after devastating flooding on July 4 in central Texas sent the water of the Guadalupe River surging into nearby campgrounds and low-lying homes and cars.
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Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 8 July 2025
Amid the devastation, first responders and volunteers trudge into muck and mud, scramble over debris piles and check emotions to poke and prod and chop and saw in search of still-missing victims.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 7 July 2025
Every spring, climbers trudge to the summit of Mount Everest along two different routes.
—Ben Ayers, Outside Online, 2 July 2025
Messi and his teammates trudged off the field into the locker room, looking as demoralized as their fans.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 29 June 2025
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Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 8 July 2025
Amid the devastation, first responders and volunteers trudge into muck and mud, scramble over debris piles and check emotions to poke and prod and chop and saw in search of still-missing victims.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 7 July 2025
Every spring, climbers trudge to the summit of Mount Everest along two different routes.
—Ben Ayers, Outside Online, 2 July 2025
Messi and his teammates trudged off the field into the locker room, looking as demoralized as their fans.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trudge
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Fuller has pushed back on these claims by sharing the app's source code for shuffling and dealing virtual cards.—
Andrew Montequin,
jsonline.com,
29 July 2025
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Short, shuffling steps often prevent your glutes from firing properly.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
24 July 2025
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Wounded, Hyman stumbled to her desk and died from her wounds, according to one of the officials who reviewed the video.—
John Miller,
CNN Money,
3 Aug. 2025
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In May, the WHS announced that a fisherman stumbled upon a historic shipwreck in Lake Michigan.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Reed and Sue, of course, refuse, so the Fantastic Four try to rally humanity and get ready for Galactus to stomp around Manhattan, Godzilla style.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
22 July 2025
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The bird didn’t let up until the man basically stomped its head down on the ground and held it there.—
Joshua Rapp Learn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 July 2025
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Crisler said Milton struggles with alcohol addiction and was sober working for four months at a Chipotle restaurant, but a relapse resulted in the April 25 break-in.—
Quinlan Bentley,
The Enquirer,
3 Aug. 2025
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In 1995, Anderson released her autobiography My Life in Heels, which detailed her relationship with Reynolds and her struggles to keep her family together.—
Stephanie Wenger,
People.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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“Trudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trudge. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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