apply (oneself)

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Verb
  • Just kind of some bad pitches in 3-2 counts.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025
  • When both parents are able to pitch in, school pickup and drop-off duties can be easier.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Susannah Maidment during the dig in Morocco.
    Jay Ganglani, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2025
  • On March 30, investigators also dug in the dirt under a concrete patio that Rodriguez-Singh paid to have built in the back yard on Wisteria Drive.
    Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Maybe entrepreneurship to you means slaving away behind a laptop, answering to clients, suppliers and team members.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • After two years away on loan while Leeds were slaving away in the second tier, the winger has returned to find his old No 11 shirt in Brenden Aaronson’s possession.
    The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Shi seemed confident that Strand Larsen, who was keen to join Newcastle United before the deadline, will knuckle down despite Wolves rejecting two bids.
    Steve Madeley, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • European countries need to knuckle down and increase their military capabilities while Russia is still dedicating a chunk of its forces to its invasion of Ukraine, Sweden's defense minister has said.
    Ellie Cook — reporting from Prague, Czech Republic, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Some of the works would be labored over and over and over again.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • During that season Clark was laboring to teach all his defensive linemen a new technique to use, and players would have to film themselves working on it, and send it into the coaches.
    Omar Kelly August 23, Miami Herald, 23 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Brian Cashman gets it all the time, but good, from Yankee fans; for them, banging away at Cashman on social media feels like the real national pastime.
    Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Former staff leaked internal spats and embarrassing editorial ideas by the new leadership and pointed out that many top leaders were banging away at stories that were likely below their pay grade.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 June 2025
Verb
  • After struggling in the first half, running back Jerrod Wiley got loose on an untouched 69-yard touchdown run on the first play of the next drive to put Heritage back up two scores at 30-21.
    Jordan Neal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2025
  • An ugly sweep at the hands of the Pittsburgh Pirates sunk their struggling offense to new depths and at least temporarily removed Will Smith from the equation.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Apply (oneself).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apply%20%28oneself%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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