belabored

past tense of belabor
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as in emphasized
to speak or write about insistently and usually tiresomely stop belaboring the fact that they're already in debt

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Recent Examples of belabored Its instructions are vague, its arguments belabored and its absurdist fables too plentiful. Book Marks october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
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  • One user emphasized that while the daughter wanted to have her wedding on that date, their son didn't have a choice in the day.
    Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Tarlowe emphasized that the current risk-reward balance looks unfavorable heading into Dollar Tree's upcoming Investor Day.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
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  • Late Saturday and early Sunday, Russia attacked Ukraine’s power grid in an aim to degrade Ukrainian energy infrastructure ahead of winter.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2025
  • In August 2023, he was attacked by three fellow inmates, sustaining neck injuries that required medical treatment.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2025
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  • The carcass was gone, the grass and weeds were licked clean of blood, and the knife was buried under debris.
    Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Show Viz Nuno Espirito Santo’s Nottingham Forest had counter-attacking licked.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
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  • Quentin stressed that Wells completely turned his life around and started a path of countless sacrifices to give back to his community.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The controllers’ union, the National Association of Air Traffic Controllers, has also stressed that members need to keep working during the shutdown.
    Josh Funk, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
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  • However, as the pack barrelled into Turn 10, Russell slammed into the barriers after clipping the inside wall approaching the corner.
    Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • In closing arguments, assistant prosecuting attorneys Spencer Curtis and Robert Sanders slammed testimony from mental health experts who explained Rocha’s mental deficiencies.
    PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
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  • The 12-day war with Iran in June was especially traumatizing, as Iranian missiles pounded Israeli cities and families slept in bomb shelters.
    Daniel Estrin, NPR, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Rescuers are struggling to reach at least 200 hikers trapped in a Mount Everest valley by an unexpectedly fierce weekend snowstorm that pounded the mountain with snow and heavy rain, according to Chinese state media CCTV.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
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  • Chun also scolded attorneys for Amazon in July for withholding thousands of documents from the FTC and abusing a legal privilege to shield them from scrutiny.
    Annie Palmer, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The heartwarming video, shared on Saturday by @inboxunknown15, shows the pup sitting head down, facing the wall, looking sad and ashamed after being scolded by his owner’s girlfriend.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
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  • When Polanco lashed the game-winner, through the right side off a Tommy Kahnle changeup, Crawford shimmied off third with a spin.
    Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has also openly lashed out at cryptocurrencies.
    Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Belabored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belabored. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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