as in laborers
a person who does very hard or dull work
you may have to spend some time working as a grub before challenging work comes your way
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as in labors
to devote serious and sustained effort
grubbing away at the yard work before the first snow of the season
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Recent Examples of grubs
Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2026
How to Stop Them Prevent grubs from taking over your yard this spring by adjusting your watering schedule.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2026
Treat your lawn for grubs with a biological control like beneficial nematodes or milky spore, says Dolshun.
—Michelle Mastro, The Spruce, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
Eliminating grubs won’t eliminate moles.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2026
How to Stop Them Prevent grubs from taking over your yard this spring by adjusting your watering schedule.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2026
Treat your lawn for grubs with a biological control like beneficial nematodes or milky spore, says Dolshun.
—Michelle Mastro, The Spruce, 7 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grubs
Noun
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Few accessories are so simple as the beanie, whose provenance can be traced back to a simple woolen cap worn by laborers in the late Medieval period.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
16 Feb. 2026
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But by the early spring of 1945, the Allies were advancing, Auschwitz had been liberated, and plans were being made to get rid of the slave laborers.—
Lesley Stahl,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Borth and her co-workers quickly identified 11 families at their school alone who were in need of groceries the first week in January.—
Nick Woltman,
Twin Cities,
22 Feb. 2026
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Fast food workers can attest to the fact strange things happen after dark at the drive-thru, and an example played out Friday night at the McDonald’s in Henderson, North Carolina.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Feb. 2026
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Makio struggles to make space for Asa in her heavily compartmentalized life, while navigating her feelings for her ex-boyfriend Shingo.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
20 Feb. 2026
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But baseball’s membership still struggles with a division between the elite players, who make large sums of money, and everyone else.—
Evan Drellich,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Sweeney plays Undine Spragg, a fiercely ambitious woman from the Midwest, who strives for the social heights of turn of the century New York.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
17 Feb. 2026
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The Bureau strives to complete all 311 requests within five days.—
Tara Molina,
CBS News,
13 Feb. 2026
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Her husband also works for the two-person business as its chief political strategist.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2026
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Nothing that works today to hit the Russians will work next month.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Grubs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grubs. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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