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fags

verb

present tense third-person singular of fag
1
as in struggles
to devote serious and sustained effort the road crew fagged mightily to move the boulder out of the way

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2
as in wears
to use up all the physical energy of the long hike up the mountain had fagged us out

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  1. struggles
  2. wears
  3. labors
  4. exhausts
  5. slaves
  6. kills
  7. strives
  8. tires
Verb
  • In the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak, Maya struggles to maintain the beauty and optimism Charlie’s presence brought into her life.
    — Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Ukraine struggles to stop them, and its engineers are working on the issue 24/7 as a matter of life and death.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of struggles
Verb
  • Police said Strode walks with a cane, usually wears sunglasses and carries a medical alert necklace.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2026
  • In the clip, the actress wears a black dress and slowly turns around to reveal her pregnant belly.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of wears
Verb
  • Thoroughly unimpressed by her suburban idyll, and evidently unmoved by her responsibilities as wife and mother, Denise labors in her basement on a novel whose protagonist wishes to forsake her family for a life in New York.
    — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Every man and woman who labors in the construction industry deserves that.
    — Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
Definition of labors
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  • If a bureaucratic process exhausts whatever time a citizen has available, then benefits are lost or rights are denied.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026
  • That’s because even ordinary winds – and far worse, storms and earthquakes – cause tall buildings to sway, which ruins people’s concentration, wrecks their mood, and even exhausts them.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 July 2026
Definition of exhausts
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  • 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
Verb
  • The virus kills one to three of every 1,000 children who become infected.
    — Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2026
  • The rabbit does not control the rain that floods its burrow or the drought that kills its food.
    — Chris Lee, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of kills
Verb
  • Till is a member of the Firekeeper Alliance, which has close ties with the festival, and strives to decrease the suicide rate among indigenous youths through teaching them about heavy metal.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The team is keenly aware that in the modern market, trust is not bought but earned, and Vita Bella strives to achieve this every step of the way.
    — William Jones, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of strives
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  • More than 90% agreed or strongly agreed that scent work is enjoyable for dogs, tires them out and builds confidence in shy dogs.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2026
  • Kenner said Thuja will only truly rest after a long session of training or searching, which tires out not only her body but also her brain.
    — Liz Teitz, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Mar. 2026
Definition of tires
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“Fags.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fags. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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