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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
Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Callahan Molnar wrote that Beacon was admitted to an emergency pet hospital the previous day with symptoms that included stiffness, labored breathing and a fever, despite undergoing treatments such as anti-inflammatory medication and cold laser therapy.
—Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
The leads are largely stuck sniping at each other between bouts of labored philosophizing and personal backstory, never coming close to a credible mutual rapport.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 26 Feb. 2025
Image Her paintings at times look schematic and labored, and in general pale beside the sculptures.
—Deborah Solomon, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
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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
Callahan Molnar wrote that Beacon was admitted to an emergency pet hospital the previous day with symptoms that included stiffness, labored breathing and a fever, despite undergoing treatments such as anti-inflammatory medication and cold laser therapy.
—Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
The leads are largely stuck sniping at each other between bouts of labored philosophizing and personal backstory, never coming close to a credible mutual rapport.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 26 Feb. 2025
Image Her paintings at times look schematic and labored, and in general pale beside the sculptures.
—Deborah Solomon, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for labored
Adjective
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His strained, sandpaper-coarse timbre served as an ideal conduit for songs concerned with boisterous revelries, shady agreements, licentious intentions and musical pleasures.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
25 May 2025
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Wallner, who has been on the injured list with a strained hamstring since mid-April, hit two home runs on Thursday in his first rehab game and had another three hits and three RBIs on Friday.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
24 May 2025
Verb
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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
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The Bears offense struggled under coordinator Shane Waldron, so he was fired.—
Kevin Fishbain,
The Athletic,
27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Kyle: And to set up contrived philosophical discussions.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 May 2025
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But however well-intentioned the company may be, piling on the contrived empathy can get some users hooked, an issue even OpenAI has acknowledged.—
Parmy Olson,
Twin Cities,
9 May 2025
Verb
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But then again, just about every orchestra was better off for having worked with Ozawa, whose performances melded gloss and ruddy viscerality.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Dec. 2024
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Older Americans — who’ve worked hard all our lives — shouldn’t be pushed out onto the streets, forced to go without sufficient food or health care due to unfortunate circumstances.—
Sherlea Dony,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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These teams include 29 conference champions who receive automatic berths and 35 at-large teams selected by the NCAA DI Baseball Committee.—
Giovanni Malloy,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Almost a month later, on June 1, the spacecraft was less than four minutes away from liftoff when the ground launch sequencer — the computer that launches the rocket — triggered an automatic hold.—
Jillian Frankel,
People.com,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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When downturns hit, too much leverage turns strong companies into forced sellers.—
IESE Business School,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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Christine Edwards is also charged with a conspiracy to commit forced labor.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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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
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Unlike her wryly astute essays, the playwright scarcely reckons with the thorny nuances of mourning, and instead settles for a rather pat depiction of grief.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
24 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Driving through deep water can also negatively affect a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
4 June 2025
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Most mechanical keyboards use a flat ribbon cable to connect the PCB to the bottom case.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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“Labored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/labored. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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