belabors

verb

present tense third-person singular of belabor
1
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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2
as in attacks
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 licks
to strike repeatedly with a whip he belabored a horse almost to the point of death

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Recent Examples of belabors There are a few lumpy patches, moments when the revision over-explains itself or belabors a point. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belabors
  1. emphasizes
  2. attacks
  3. licks
  4. stresses
  5. slams
  6. hides
  7. scolds
  8. pounds
Verb
  • Combs emphasizes that a client should never feel like a number tucked into a file cabinet.
    — Karen Koehler, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026
  • There is considerable overlap with the Mediterranean diet, which also emphasizes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, fish, olive oil and other healthy fats.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Definition of emphasizes
Verb
  • This loss is often the result of an autoimmune process in which the body's immune system mistakenly attacks those cells.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 8 July 2026
  • The study surveyed blood donations for the disease’s key antibody, which is in a class dubbed IgE and specifically attacks a double-sugar molecule called galactose-α-1,3-galactose, also known as alpha-gal.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 7 July 2026
Definition of attacks
Verb
  • Food stands also debuted that year, with ribs sizzling along with the blues licks.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 9 June 2026
  • At one point in a dinner scene, Shields' Erika licks Joey's fingers.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026
Definition of licks
Verb
  • Loeb stresses that the council, which does not have a budget outside of some reimbursement for travel expenses for members, is not intended to be an echo chamber.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 2 July 2026
  • Patients should still take their prescribed medications, Eisenman stresses.
    — Carmel Wroth, NPR, 2 July 2026
Definition of stresses
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  • This is happening as a demographic shift to an older, grayer population slams Colorado.
    — Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 5 July 2026
  • Taylor Sheridan slams critics Sheridan's series are all hits with regular people, but he's routinely been a target for critics.
    — David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of slams
Verb
  • Instead of correcting the error, the scheming matriarch hides him in the attic and collects a life insurance payout.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 8 July 2026
  • Tides of Temptation is set on the lush island of Nevis, where paradise hides a dangerous undercurrent… and beautiful young Constance (Wilkerson) is trapped inside of it.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 1 July 2026
Definition of hides
Verb
  • Someone else scolds the offender.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
  • Inspired by This Is Spinal Tap, Cundieff makes quick work of lambasting the casual misogyny and homophobia ingrained in hardcore rap, but also of the media scolds unable to parse the message of the music.
    — Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026
Definition of scolds
Verb
  • Back from a hamstring injury, Teoscar Hernández rejoins a relentless Dodgers offense that pounds 17 hits and three homers in a 9-4 win over the Athletics.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • Teams go bonkers when the player pounds their school name on the bracket.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2026
Definition of pounds

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