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
  • Verizon emphasizes simple pricing and provides promotional discounts for customers who bundle with a Verizon mobile plan.
    Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The company emphasizes 360° capture, low inertia, and direct-drive operation for low noise and minimal maintenance.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Dennis tries to hug Roman, but Roman attacks him, punching him multiple times before leaving the hotel room.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
  • After Wednesday disables the machine with an axe, Isaac’s ability no longer works, and Thing attacks him.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • The pair is seen crawling through a wildflower field, dancing, and jumping, but also hollering at each other, brandishing knives, and at some point, Lawrence licks a window with zeal.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Gao stresses that there is no off-the-shelf technology solution for this pace, but data is the key input.
    Jamie Gutfreund, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The Framework stresses that, without policy actions, strategic plans risk moving in different directions, lose coherence or fall away.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • The fog may roll in, but the coastline never hides for long.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Maddie hides her binging and purging from Deena and Jake, lying about being pregnant to distract her husband from what’s really going on.
    Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The steep new parking surcharge slams the brakes on that, hitting both visitors and the workers who would have served them.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Except Steven gets in a car wreck in episode two of season three, and trauma slams Belly and Jeremiah back together.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Sep. 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 10 Sep. 2025.

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