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Recent Examples of drudge
Noun
But for those who experienced the desperate, dismal drudge of Forest’s three seasons in League One, the third tier of English football, from 2005-08 — and visits to clubs including Yeovil, Carlisle, Tranmere and Hartlepool — there has been a long wait for moments like this. Paul Taylor, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025 Freed from drudge work, these workers should be empowered to focus on more creative tasks and problem-solving. Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 7 Aug. 2024
Verb
Firefighters are responding to homes using snowcats and often drudging in by foot with shovels and hoses and digging hydrants out of the snow to extinguish flames, Munsey said. Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 3 Mar. 2023 While the House drudged through a partisan back-and-forth, top Republicans and Democrats in the Senate hatched a deal. Andrew Oxford, azcentral, 24 Mar. 2020 See All Example Sentences for drudge
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drudge
Noun
  • This structure, along with Structure II (likely a checkpoint or guard post), was part of the police and guard infrastructure surrounding the laborers’ settlements.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In the manufacturing, construction and electrical trades, there's a dearth of talent as skilled laborers age out of the workforce without being replaced by younger workers.
    Kate Rogers, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The future is not about clinging to bureaucratic models but about creating conditions where people can flourish once the drudgery is gone.
    John Winsor, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Treating cooking like drudgery—another chore to perform—will likely not inspire them to adopt this crucial life skill, one that seems to be going by the wayside in the era of GrubHub and DoorDash.
    Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • These women, many of whom worked in relative obscurity for all their lives, labored to redefine the rights and dignity of all people.
    Time, Time, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Hammond labored 50 hours over a two week span to create her project.
    R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Other employees, including those in the military and air traffic control workers, must work without compensation until a budget deal is reached.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • At 18, her co-worker Taylor Robinson had yet to vote.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Democratic nominee for mayor also gave a speech at an African Methodist church, an effort to bridge the gap with apprehensive Black voters.
    Amie Parnes, The Hill, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The improved profitability came as Beijing intensified efforts to rein in excess supply and aggressive price wars that had hurt companies' bottom line.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The arrival of Clark and other high-profile young players have contributed to a boom in popularity for the long-struggling league.
    Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The Broncos are 2-2 and coming off a dominating 28-3 victory over the struggling Cincinnati Bengals.
    Hunter Simpson, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The emotional toil caused by doomscrolling has been shown to cause real harm.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Belly’s response is meant to come off sweet, but instead is both withering and accurate, because no 10-year-old should be that familiar with the myth of Sisyphus or the curse of endless toil.
    Thomas Page, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Let it never be said that Taylor Alison Swift doesn’t strive to be amazing.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
  • This is especially true for the young Latine children and families who are striving to learn the local language and customs of a country that’s already waging war against them.
    Priscilla Blossom, Time, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Drudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drudge. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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