belaboring

present participle of belabor
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as in emphasizing
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 Synonyms for belaboring
Verb
  • Advocates expressed frustration, emphasizing the need for comfortable and safe air travel for all passengers.
    Zach Wichter, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The super tuskers are part of a small and declining population, emphasizing the importance of their conservation.
    Gaby Keiderling, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While Qataris may now indeed question the value of their military cooperation with the United States and its designation of Qatar as a major non-NATO ally, Turkey’s military presence in the country also failed to prevent Israel from attacking.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Show Viz Nuno Espirito Santo’s Nottingham Forest had counter-attacking licked.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Excluding the pandemic, that’s the slowest average monthly gain for that January to August time frame since 2010, when the United States was still licking its wounds from the Great Recession.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Today, Alabama is licking its wounds.
    Don Yaeger, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Others echo the same sentiment, stressing that his anger is more than understandable.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • These staples are made for traveling light, mixing and matching, and actually enjoying your fall plans without stressing over what to wear.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And the thump, thump, thumping of her brother’s hands pounding a heavy bag.
    Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
  • These unofficial remixes, uploaded from unremarkable accounts, create a kind of Satie-esque audio overdose, pounding the band’s melody into abstraction, pure stimulus.
    Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Video evidence showed a trooper punching the man and slamming him to the ground during a 2021 incident.
    Tresa Baldas, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In the disturbing footage, Raja was seen entering the ring and picking up Smith above his head before slamming him hard on the mat.
    Natasha Dye, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The company destroyed a piece of lashing wire that investigators believe slapped an Xcel electrical conductor and caused arcing that led to the fire, said Matthew Delinko with Bauman, Lowe, Witt & Maxwell, a law firm representing insurance companies.
    Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2025
  • By Wednesday, videos of waves lashing the homes began to make the rounds on social media.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • New York City Mayor Eric Adams has peppered his reelection campaign with AI photos and videos criticizing his opponents, in some of the first indications of how the technology will be integrated into politics.
    Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • It's believed that Sczczerek chose to share the statement from his business' social media account after the company was flooded with negative reviews criticizing his behavior.
    Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Belaboring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belaboring. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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