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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
Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
Francis' feeble voice, discernible through his labored breaths and in his native Spanish, was recorded Thursday from the hospital and broadcast to the faithful in St. Peter's Square who had gathered for the nightly recitation of the rosary prayer.
—arkansasonline.com, 7 Mar. 2025
The latter thrives during the occasionally labored long takes, leaning on her background in improvisational comedy to listen, react, and take command as needed.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Mar. 2025
Lots of labored stuff about riding a buggy or a cart with all sorts of people dressed in costume running around him.
—Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
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Complemented by black-and-white footage of old races, the group conjured the labored breathing, accelerated blood flow and competitive exertion of cycling up hills, through valleys and across finish lines.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
Francis' feeble voice, discernible through his labored breaths and in his native Spanish, was recorded Thursday from the hospital and broadcast to the faithful in St. Peter's Square who had gathered for the nightly recitation of the rosary prayer.
—arkansasonline.com, 7 Mar. 2025
The latter thrives during the occasionally labored long takes, leaning on her background in improvisational comedy to listen, react, and take command as needed.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Mar. 2025
Lots of labored stuff about riding a buggy or a cart with all sorts of people dressed in costume running around him.
—Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for labored
Verb
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The Bears offense struggled under coordinator Shane Waldron, so he was fired.—
Kevin Fishbain,
The Athletic,
27 Dec. 2024
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When Barbra Streisand struggled with the replacement orchestrations during a recording session, the conductor had Cullen’s original scores on hand.—
Darryn King,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Gal Gadot is opening up for the first time about the commercial failure of Disney’s Snow White and shuts down reports of a strained relationship with co-star Rachel Zegler.—
David Caspi,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Aug. 2025
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Focused on expanding their notorious drug and money laundering organization outside of Detroit, their strained relationship has left the brothers divided.—
Giana Levy,
Variety,
16 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Those who worked with him always circled back to his genuine joy on the podium.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Dec. 2024
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And the front and rear hydraulic disc brakes with 180mm rotors worked extremely well, even going downhill, without any squealing whatsoever.—
Scott Kramer,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Even someone who is well-known publicly for being deeply concerned about AI's hypothetical threat to humanity acknowledges that these behaviors emerged only in highly contrived test scenarios.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
13 Aug. 2025
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Aside from Murphy and Davidson, Palmer does exactly what is expected from her, and Longoria also survives with dignity intact after being handed a contrived role that no actor could make credible; give her an ‘A ‘ for effort.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The shift to a traditional automatic is a welcome retreat from old frustrations, the turbo’d engine is a step towards efficiency, and the cabin pivots firmly into the modern era.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
17 Aug. 2025
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At that point, benefits would be funded solely through incoming payroll taxes, triggering an automatic cut of around 21 percent unless Congress takes action.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Play across the Strike maps with a partner with forced loadouts, only the guns aren’t basic like in the vanilla version of this mode.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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But families torn apart by forced adoptions say that’s not enough.—
Yoonjung Seo,
CNN Money,
1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The story was too pat, too earnest, too self-flattering.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2025
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Twain has long been accused of giving Huck Finn an overly pat, comic ending.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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Driving through deep water can also affect a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Aug. 2025
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Born in 1934, the nonagenarian Kurt Klaus is one of the most important watchmakers from the golden age of 20th-century mechanical horology.—
Oren Hartov,
Robb Report,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Labored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/labored. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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