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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
Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2026
For infants, additional red flags include difficulty feeding, fewer wet diapers, fast or labored breathing or unusual sleepiness.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025
Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
Aster didn’t micromanage as Tracy labored over the script and suffered a bout of COVID during lockdown.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
Kylene had been taking Bactrim for acne when her flu-like symptoms hit — a high fever headache, severe nausea, labored breathing and sternum pain — leading to her hospitalization.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2026
For infants, additional red flags include difficulty feeding, fewer wet diapers, fast or labored breathing or unusual sleepiness.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025
Verb
When the novel opens in Florence, in 1557, the body of the painter Jacopo da Pontormo lies in the chapel of San Lorenzo—in front of the frescoes he’d labored over for a decade, with a painter’s chisel stuck in his heart.
—Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
Aster didn’t micromanage as Tracy labored over the script and suffered a bout of COVID during lockdown.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for labored
Adjective
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If the space is challenging, then a pre-manufactured model may not work.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Mar. 2026
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The exposure of political smoke screens The uprising also exposed manufactured alternatives.—
Kazem Kazerounian,
Hartford Courant,
18 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Reading proficiency has dipped 4 percentage points since 2019 as schools have struggled to make up for pandemic learning losses.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
26 Feb. 2026
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With Will Ireton in Japan for the World Baseball Classic, Sasaki’s substitute translator struggled with the media’s questions following Sasaki’s outing.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Her breathing grew strained and wheezy.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
27 Feb. 2026
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Centrist leaders in the United Kingdom, France and Germany resist spending a larger percentage of their strained budgets defending against a Russian threat that their far-right populist opponents might think can be easily negotiated away.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Max Grubbs worked around a one-out single to complete a scoreless frame.—
David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
1 Mar. 2026
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For more than 20 years, the Illinois native has worked as an attorney.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Perhaps more meaningfully, the message is the antithesis of a contrived political pitch or a hectoring sermon.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
26 Feb. 2026
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The signs were widely criticized as contrived and Green’s protest was something of a distraction.—
Steve Peoples,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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Along the way, Pollan endeavored to find answers to some of the most fundamental questions of existence, like why is there a subjective self at all?—
Nick Hilden,
Rolling Stone,
24 Feb. 2026
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One month later, Turning Point’s flagship conference descended into recriminations over the very controversies and conspiracies that its founder had endeavored so assiduously to suppress.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The app lets drivers locate nearby stations and supports automatic plug-and-charge activation.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Mar. 2026
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The winner of the New Zealand Open receives automatic entry to The Open Championship but as Hillier already has qualified that prize passes to Herbert who will now play at Royal Birkdale from July 16.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Mar. 2026
Verb
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His booming shot from the point would fit nicely on the Sharks, but there is a risk that a huge 2025-26 is an anomaly for a blueliner who toiled for years in the AHL.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani thanked 2,600 Department of Sanitation workers and other city employees, many who toiled in 12-hour shifts, for helping America's biggest city return to a semblance of normalcy.—
Kathryn Prociv,
NBC news,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Labored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/labored. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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