as in struggles
to devote serious and sustained effort
the design team has been banging away at that project for months
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But rival Target reported earlier this week another quarterly decline in profits and sales during the critical holiday period as the discounter struggles with its own merchandising missteps and confronts a consumer who is focusing more on essentials.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026 -
In December, Wisconsin Watch reported on an Appleton technical charter school that struggles to manage high program costs and secure donations to stay afloat.—
Miranda Dunlap,
jsonline.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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In a world of jaded billionaires, psychiatrist-gurus, bio-hacked tech bros, AI labs and disillusioned teens being optimized in elite private schools, an audacious data-mining CEO (Magnussen) strives to turn insight and influence into profit and power.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
3 Mar. 2026
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As the agency continues to grow, strengthening its infrastructure, TSD strives to preserve the intimacy that first defined those early kitchen-table sessions.—
Contributor,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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Couple the shake-up of the starting lineup with bringing Risacher off the bench along with veteran guard Gabe Vincent, and the Hawks found a combination that works more efficiently.—
Lauren Williams,
AJC.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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For example, a standout sequence in which Mabel’s attempts to communicate with Jerry via text-to-speech on her phone are derailed by George and the other animals hijacking it while discovering emojis is a riot, and only works because each of the characters is immediately understandable.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Bangs away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bangs%20away. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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