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Recent Examples of grueling Employees, many of whom were classified as part-time or independent contractors, earned paltry wages despite working gruelling weeks. Thessaly La Force, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025 Today’s field faces a race even more grueling than in Gordon’s day. Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2025 While he's been through grueling injuries before in his career, Haliburton admitted this one is by far the most challenging. Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025 Not only is the work physically and mentally grueling, hotshots must dedicate at least six months of their life to their crew, sacrificing time with family and friends, along with individual autonomy. River Selby august 25, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grueling
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Adjective
  • The Bulls look to be the best team in the Group of Five conferences, while the Gators and coach Billy Napier are now under pressure with a difficult SEC schedule ahead.
    Erick Smith, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Usually the final day of boot camp is most difficult.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The next job frontier Gen Z workers are finding it more and more challenging to fetch entry-level jobs as AI gets better at taking those jobs over.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
  • But the treatment is challenging and time-consuming.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The significant weight loss and the dramatic nature of the role suggest a deep commitment to his acting career, which makes a return to the physically demanding world of professional wrestling seem unlikely in the near future.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Wheaton has opened up about how he was bullied into his acting career by his overly demanding mother and physically aggressive father.
    Sezin Devi Koehler September 1, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But by opening night, the movement will feel more natural to them and what now looks arduous will appear fluid and natural, if not absolutely effortless.
    David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The project takes place over the course of a year, showing the preparation required for the arduous experience as the climbers train alongside such prominent figures as Free Solo subject Alex Honnold and renowned adventurer Philip Henderson.
    Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • That’s a tough dichotomy to bridge, but the new 2025 911 Carrera GTS achieves it brilliantly.
    Mark Phelan, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The tough stainless steel loops are reinforced and designed to remain rust-free even after years of use, and a three number combination lock will be easy to remember and difficult to crack.
    Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The 2025 World Beer Awards, known for their rigorous blind tastings, crowned Germany's Wolf Gang, a surprising black IPA from zum WØL BrauArt, as the top IPA.
    Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The study reports that all test results, including algorithm design, simulations, and flight data, underwent rigorous validation.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Stay away from tall, isolated trees or other tall objects.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Included in the sale is the Meridian Carry-on, which measures 14 inches wide and 22 inches tall, wheels included.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • One of the most important goals is creating a society where everyone can have the ability to succeed through education, hard work, and entrepreneurship.
    Kristen Edgreen Kaufman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Developed by AeroVironment, the 20kW LOCUST Laser Weapon System (LWS) identifies, tracks, and engages a wide variety of targets with hard-kill high energy laser.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Grueling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grueling. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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