as in struggles
to devote serious and sustained effort
it took days of digging away at the subject, but he understands it thoroughly now
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Tagovailoa struggles with accuracy For the Dolphins, Tagovailoa struggled in this game.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
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The pieces are set to perfectly align in London against a Jets defense that blitzes all the time but struggles to properly pressure.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
12 Oct. 2025
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The goalie, who strives to be in the Vezina Trophy conversation year after year and to lead the Wild to a Stanley Cup, loves Minnesota and loves playing for the Wild, in large part because of the defensive structure in front of him.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Yet Leto never shakes the role’s robotic nature, even as his character strives to become more human, and his acting partners struggle to play off that in a meaningful way.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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Darwent works with three other teachers.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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That introduced me to works like Hiroshima, Mon Amour, The Battle of Algiers, and Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah, which really show how cinema can radically change how an entire nation sees itself.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Digs (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/digs%20%28away%29. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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