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Recent Examples of moil
Noun
The delight of online life gave way to its moil, and the pleasure of online services has been eroded by their many downsides, from compulsion to autocracy. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2020 During the Cold War, hot tensions became hopeless moils, conducted for political benefit as much as (and, over time, more than) moral right. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moil
Noun
  • Noem stopped speaking for a brief moment during the commotion, then immediately continued.
    Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
  • Press became aware of West’s presence when there was a loud commotion outside the courtroom and a figure in a white-on-white denim outfit was spotted entering the public entrance at the 500 Pearl Street Courthouse.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • Despite a difficult development market and ongoing construction labor shortage, Boise developers are forging ahead to remake the city.
    Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 26 June 2025
  • But its depiction of the site of the hotel as a liminal space of corruption and menace suggests that all tourist fantasies are based on the exploitation of others’ histories, lands, labors, and bodies.
    Erik Morse, Vogue, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • Though several Democrats are starting to make moves toward 2028, liberals have struggled with the lack of a main character to match Trump's political moxie the way then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi did in his first term.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 28 June 2025
  • Now, with no practical skills to speak of, the newly unemployed Grant struggled to find work.
    Casey Cep, New Yorker, 28 June 2025
Verb
  • These multiband images will help disentangle features like swirling gas and magnetic fields, painting a more dynamic, multidimensional portrait of black hole environments.
    Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 19 June 2025
  • Rumors have swirled that Kansas City Chiefs superstar Travis Kelce lost 25 pounds this offseason.
    Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • The data is normalized, de-duplicated and time-aligned in real time, ensuring that every heart-rate spike or sleep disturbance immediately informs the AI risk models.
    Gil Press, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
  • The whales are facing a number of threats, including declining quantity and quality of prey, toxic pollution and disturbance from vessel noise, according to the Marine Mammal Commission.
    Evan Bush, NBC news, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • Kota, the zoo's youngest male orangutan, started showing signs of lethargy and continued to decline despite efforts of zoo veterinary and animal care staff to administer care, the zoo said in the release.
    Harley Walls, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2025
  • Fighting wildfires has long been a collective effort, with firefighting resources shared among states and even countries.
    Sarah Cutler June 28, Idaho Statesman, 28 June 2025
Verb
  • Kenn Ricci, founder of Flexjet, is an executive who strives to embody both while also running a business in one of the more challenging industries to be sustainable in, aviation.
    Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • But improvements on the field are what this group strives for each year.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • Weather led to a scrub of the Aug. 3 attempt, but SpaceX was able to launch despite Tropical Storm Debby churning off Florida’s southwest coast.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2025
  • Numerous other boats were damaged that day as the powerful thunderstorm churned up waves and sent boats smashing into each other and the marina, according to KCRA-TV.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 23 June 2025

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“Moil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moil. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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