as in to develop
to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort
after several years of aborted attempts, the band finally ground out a new album
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Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
14 June 2026 -
This is a developing story that will be updated.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
14 June 2026
Verb
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His political ambitions were forged by tragedy that added grit to his tabloid backstory.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 June 2026
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After forging a strategic partnership with China in January, the country is now looking to deepen bilateral trade and investment with Indonesia through the forthcoming ratification of the Canada-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).—
Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
8 June 2026
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
13 June 2026
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This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot, software that analyzes home sales or other data and creates an article based on a template created by humans.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
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Church’s numinous-sun-over-still-water routine had begun to look a bit like a shtick, equally applicable to scenes of the Hudson or those worked up from 20-year-old sketches of South America.—
Susan Tallman,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2026
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These surveys drop a lot of hard, time-consuming work up front.—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
12 June 2026
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“Grind (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grind%20%28out%29. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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