belabors

present tense third-person singular of belabor
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as in emphasizes
to speak or write about insistently and usually tiresomely stop belaboring the fact that they're already in debt

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Verb
  • Rick also emphasizes cost avoidance as a discipline distinct from simple cost-cutting.
    Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Paris with a display that emphasizes the poetic potential of materiality.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • With Pervis Estupinan or Davide Bartesaghi holding width on the left and No 9 Santiago Gimenez dragging defenders away, Pulisic attacks the gap between centre-back and full-back, arriving in stride rather than starting wide.
    Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • If the person is untreated, the methanol metabolizes into formic acid, which attacks the optic nerve and nervous system, leading to blindness, organ failure or death within 48 hours.
    Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Posted to the account @maisythemarshmallow on September 19, the video shows the dog, named Maisy, lying calmly as the cat snuggles up and licks her face.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
  • When asked the question, the owl takes the lollipop and licks it three times before chomping down on its hard shell exterior and handing the stick back to the child.
    Moná Thomas, People.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The company stresses that its organoids, lacking pain receptors and complex brain structures, cannot experience consciousness.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The American Kennel Club stresses that keeping a consistent routine is important for dogs at every stage of life.
    Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Governance scolds are appalled by the number, as is the pope.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Woke scolds and anti-woke dolts alike objected to the image of Carpenter kneeling in front of a man who appears to be using her hair as a leash.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Revenge softens some of Baron Frankenstein’s colder mannerisms into a more playful performance from Cushing; after escaping the gallows, the Baron hides his true identity and takes work at a hospital for the poor to access a supply of body parts.
    Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
  • This type of bias often hides in plain sight.
    Chris Stevens, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Continue reading … BAD PRESS – President slams ABC host for 'inappropriate' treatment of VP in heated exchange.
    , FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Makadia's team investigated what happens when a spacecraft slams into an asteroid, and found that not all impact sites are created equal.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The man simply pounds the zone.
    Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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“Belabors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belabors. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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