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noun

plural of drudge
1
as in laborers
a person who does very hard or dull work worked like a drudge at a low-paying job that had few benefits

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2
as in labors
very hard or unpleasant work it took hours of pure drudge to sort through the junk in the basement

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drudges

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verb

present tense third-person singular of drudge
as in struggles
to devote serious and sustained effort factory workers who must drudge all day at repetitive tasks

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  1. laborers
  2. labors
  3. struggles
  4. workers
  5. toils
  6. strives
  7. drudgeries
  8. slaves
Noun
  • And the web of contractors, local inspectors, developers, laborers, chipmakers and site managers adds cost, complexity, risk – and delays.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Trump also got into trouble for hiring more than two hundred undocumented Polish laborers to handle the demolition.
    — Kai Bird, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of laborers
Noun
  • As emails and text messages tug at our sleeves, even a short lull in the labors of the day can feel like an indulgence.
    — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2026
  • The dog watched over a three-bodied giant's red cattle, and was ultimately killed by Heracles as the demigod hero sought to complete his 12 labors.
    — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 24 July 2026
Definition of labors
Verb
  • Startups should build evaluation sets from real customer conditions, messy data, edge cases and actual failure modes and be transparent about where the product struggles.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The idea being to strengthen those bonds to create an environment where crime struggles to thrive.
    — Heather McRea, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of struggles
Noun
  • Aid agencies say mistrust, misinformation about Ebola, and resistance to restrictions on traditional burial practices have fueled hostility toward health workers and complicated efforts to contain the outbreak.
    — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Neighbors and workers in the area said the 18-year-old was filming a video for social media.
    — Ubah Ali, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of workers
Noun
  • The gods themselves are also an unnerving presence, omnipresent beings of colossal power who see humans as their playthings and view Ulysses' toils as some twisted spectator sport.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 July 2026
  • There has to be a chance that Jos Buttler’s toils in Sri Lanka and India represent his last ventures on the international stage, and therefore the end of an era.
    — Paul Newman, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Definition of toils
Verb
  • At the time, the organization, which typically strives to have four days worth of blood on hand, only had two, according to Kristin Connor, Vitalant’s northern California communications manager.
    — Velvet Wu July 29, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2026
  • China is closing the satellite gap with the US, as Beijing strives to supplant Washington as the world’s leading space power.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of strives
Noun
  • Your inner lover girl is dying for some time in the sun, for a vacation from your usual drudgeries.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Jan. 2026
  • For others, the online gaming space – from Wordle and chess to blackjack and poker is a welcome respite from the drudgeries of the day.
    — Nish Acharya, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Definition of drudgeries
Verb
  • Things are equally akilter in his family’s home, with his mother now sitting on the couch watching TV while his father slaves away in the kitchen.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of slaves
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