BEAVERED (AWAY) Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

beavered (away)

verb

past tense of beaver (away)

as in labored

to devote serious and sustained effort he's been beavering away at the various courses for his dinner party all day long, hoping to impress his new friends

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The Red Raiders labored through a 35-24 win at Oregon State where the Beavers led with under seven minutes left in the game.

— Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Admittedly the continent has labored as the AI hyper-scalers of America and China have produced products (and valuations) that make the eyes pop.

— Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026

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Bryce Young has struggled against man-to-man defenses, completing just over 40 percent of his passes this year against that scheme, and Cleveland has played man on about half of its defensive snaps this year.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Sep. 2026
South Africa has struggled with violent crime for years, but recent shootings have shocked a country used to some of the highest homicide rates in the world.

— Gerald Imray, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

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Gerber worked as a model, including in 2018, at age 18, as the face of Calvin Klein Jeans’ global advertising campaign, along with his sister, Kaia Gerber.

— Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Capturing wave energy Simulations showed that the strategy worked across a surprisingly broad range of wave frequencies.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026

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