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to devote serious and sustained effort
the young lawyer labored most of the weekend over the difficult legal brief
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Recent Examples of labored
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
22 May 2026
Mayo Clinic Press notes that anxiety triggers labored breathing, muscle tightening and activation of the sympathetic nervous system, the body’s fight-or-flight wiring.
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Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
6 May 2026
CBS News,
10 June 2026
The start didn’t get much easier for Bradley, who labored through a four-inning effort and suffered the loss against the Pirates.
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Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
3 June 2026
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Adjective
By the time his body was retrieved, his breathing passages had filled with foam — bodily fluids whipped into a froth as his breath grew labored owing to that thermal damage.
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Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
22 May 2026
Mayo Clinic Press notes that anxiety triggers labored breathing, muscle tightening and activation of the sympathetic nervous system, the body’s fight-or-flight wiring.
—
Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
6 May 2026
Verb
Stephen Kolek labored through the first three innings for Kansas City, delivering 55 pitches and allowing six baserunners, but stranded four.
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CBS News,
10 June 2026
The start didn’t get much easier for Bradley, who labored through a four-inning effort and suffered the loss against the Pirates.
—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
3 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for labored
Adjective
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Its role is to expose wrongdoing, illuminate facts, and draw the world’s attention to crimes committed in the name of false causes and manufactured justifications.
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Through this, researchers are mimicking natural structures, such as bird nests and bone minerals, to create ultra-strong manufactured materials.
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Additionally, both of those players have struggled to provide consistent impact as finishers at the rim and aren’t useful as shooters.
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The Volkswagen Group has struggled with its internal software division (Cariad) for years.
Adjective
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Witt returned to action after missing six games with a strained right knee and went 1 for 3 as the Royals’ designated hitter.
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Nor will it be solved through another collection of disconnected tools layered into already strained environments.
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Cole Sulser started for the Rays and worked the first two innings, and Casey Legumina, Kevin Kelly and Bryan Baker teamed to cover the final four innings.
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Carl, 68 at the time of the jackpot, had worked as a technologist, Lulu as a registered nurse.
Adjective
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The look manages to be on trend without being too contrived.
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Whereas Heineman’s film used its incredible access to the central couple to capture moments that come across as beautifully and uncomfortably intimate and unstaged, Bergh (The Greatest Love Story Never Told) uses his access to make everything pretty and entirely too contrived.
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When Disney+ first launched, the House of Mouse endeavored to make its streaming platform the new home of all things Star Wars.
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Johnson for months endeavored to appoint his ally ex-Ald.
Adjective
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Beneath the charges for chicken and ribeye skewers, french fries and iced teas, the Town Center mall restaurant had added a 20% automatic gratuity and 3% service fee.
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The bankruptcy court started with the simple observation that any time a bankruptcy case is commenced, an automatic stay goes into effect.
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Goodall had toiled 23 years as a janitor in a Terre Haute, Indiana, middle school when the 55-year old hopped a flight for the first time in his life, and took the AGT stage in Los Angeles.
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For 10 long years, the sovereign toiled in a 2-by-10-foot castle antechamber to create the perfect beer.
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“Labored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/labored. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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