grubbing

present participle of grub

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grubbing
Verb
  • With The Fulfillment, the sub-context is how clout culture is a currency, how attention itself has become a currency, just like our laboring bodies are.
    Christopher Claxton, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2025
  • While such a scenario sounds potentially maudlin and manipulative, Lucero — who wrote the film from a personal place — never allows that to happen by making the characters complex and flawed, and laboring under real-life issues.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As the son of Hades relentlessly striving to escape from the underworld, failure sends players back to the start; but never empty-handed.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Though the status quo may provide good results, researchers are constantly striving for something better.
    Sheldon Jacobson, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Maybe new additions will boost a struggling position group.
    Antonio Morales, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The ever-paranoid Ally believes all of these headscratchers are part of a Trumpian conspiracy that's out to get her, but audiences were left struggling to connect the dots.
    James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The department is working with an independent monitor to implement reforms and improve accountability.
    Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
  • To promote what executives described as modern ways of working, Elanco changed blueprint plans several times over the course of half a decade.
    Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Grubbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grubbing. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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