1
as in to emphasize
to speak or write about insistently and usually tiresomely
stop belaboring the fact that they're already in debt
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2
as in to attack
to criticize harshly and usually publicly
there's no need to belabor other people's flaws when you're hardly perfect yourself
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3
as in to lick
to strike repeatedly
with a whip he belabored a horse almost to the point of death
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Recent Examples of belabor
Some people are just doing their jobs, telling us if a new TV show is belabored or boring.
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Alanna Bennett, refinery29.com, 14 Mar. 2025
And with that comes the next five months of belaboring over the biggest fixes, adds and improvements your favorite teams need to close the gap.
—Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
Smart, a member of the NCAA rules committee, rarely criticized officiating and didn’t join in with Georgia fans belaboring calls after the 2018 national championship game.
—Seth Emerson, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
In stating the obvious, Smith didn’t belabor the obvious point.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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Alanna Bennett, refinery29.com, 14 Mar. 2025
And with that comes the next five months of belaboring over the biggest fixes, adds and improvements your favorite teams need to close the gap.
—Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
Smart, a member of the NCAA rules committee, rarely criticized officiating and didn’t join in with Georgia fans belaboring calls after the 2018 national championship game.
—Seth Emerson, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
In stating the obvious, Smith didn’t belabor the obvious point.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for belabor
Verb
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The All-England Club Lawn Tennis Club emphasizes good sportsmanship and respect for everyone involved in the Grand Slam.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
1 July 2025
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January 2025 Queen of Pentacles: This month emphasizes stability and nurturing, Aquarius.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 July 2025
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Boone acknowledged that location will be key for Stroman, who can no longer attack hitters head-on at this stage of his career.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
28 June 2025
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The wild and ugly scenes saw rioters attack law enforcement with rocks and Molotov cocktails while others burned vehicles and other property.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
28 June 2025
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In the video, the mother dog stays close to her pup, licking him and standing over him protectively.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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While her Nickelodeon and Disney peers have seemingly all had at least one major scandal to their names (ranging from incessant twerking and licking unpurchased donuts to near-fatal overdoses), Palmer’s celebrity was, in part, defined by her lack of verifiable scandals.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
25 June 2025
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Paul Krugman has referred to deficit hawks as ‘deficit scolds’, because the spend more time warning about the dangers of the deficit than fixing it.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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Musk and Gor reportedly clashed in Cabinet meetings where Musk scolded Gor over personnel disagreements in recent months.—
Ally Goelz,
The Washington Examiner,
19 June 2025
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The way to do it is with judicious use of strong contrast colours, and that’s exactly what Nike has done here, with those pinks, blues and reds underneath the armpits and down the side of the shorts.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Accor, which owns the Orient Express brand with LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, says a lot of it has to do with the training of its staff and the design, for which award-winning artist and architect Hugo Toro made bespoke Art Deco-era pieces constructed to mirror the group’s train.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
28 June 2025
Verb
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In June, the artist slammed ICE in a video recorded in Carolina, Puerto Rico, where officers are seen detaining several people in the streets.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
4 July 2025
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Beshear slammed Republicans in support of the bill, accusing them of abandoning constituents who depend on the programs.—
Killian Baarlaer,
The Courier-Journal,
4 July 2025
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Transparency is another issue: Pricing for procedures varies wildly and is often hidden until the bill arrives.—
Paulina Wierzbicka,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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The first iteration of Somni opened in 2018 inside the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, a restaurant hidden inside of José Andrés’s Bazaar, but closed in 2020 as a pandemic casualty.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
26 June 2025
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In a series of posts on Truth Social, Trump has repeatedly insulted Powell and called him names.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
26 June 2025
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In particular, its retread of plot elements that had already been rehashed to death was annoying and borderline insulting at this point.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
24 June 2025
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“Belabor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belabor. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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