MOILED Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

moiled

verb

past tense of moil

as in struggled

to devote serious and sustained effort miners moiling all day in the sunless recesses of the earth

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as in swirled

to be in a state of violent rolling motion the angry mob moiled around the courthouse

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Bryce Young has struggled against man-to-man defenses, completing just over 40 percent of his passes this year against that scheme, and Cleveland has played man on about half of its defensive snaps this year.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Sep. 2026
South Africa has struggled with violent crime for years, but recent shootings have shocked a country used to some of the highest homicide rates in the world.

— Gerald Imray, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of struggled

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This revelation comes shortly after rumors swirled about Beatrice and Eugenie potentially losing their royal titles.

— Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 26 Sep. 2026
Beaches emptied out and dark clouds swirled above choppy seas, while Mexican authorities temporarily suspended classes in a number of areas on Tuesday.

— DESIREE BROOKS, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of swirled

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The Red Raiders labored through a 35-24 win at Oregon State where the Beavers led with under seven minutes left in the game.

— Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Admittedly the continent has labored as the AI hyper-scalers of America and China have produced products (and valuations) that make the eyes pop.

— Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of labored

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Gerber worked as a model, including in 2018, at age 18, as the face of Calvin Klein Jeans’ global advertising campaign, along with his sister, Kaia Gerber.

— Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Capturing wave energy Simulations showed that the strategy worked across a surprisingly broad range of wave frequencies.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of worked

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Wilson wrapped up and spun Mateer on a quarterback sack, the ball coming loose again, with Cole opportunistically on the spot to scoop up the fumble and return it 23 yards to the Oklahoma 11.

— Mike Griffith, AJC.com, 27 Sep. 2026
In 2025, the brand launched the Cotton Project, a T-shirt and denim collection made of cotton grown, ginned, spun, knit, cut and sewn all within a 400-mile radius of the brand’s headquarters.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of spun

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Alongside, another person whisks over a tall, yolk-yellow block of butter, churned in-house for 48 hours and formed into the craggy shape of one of Rodin’s intentionally incomplete sculptures.

— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
The stock was a pandemic darling that cratered, went through a messy acquisition saga, had activist investors at the door, and churned sideways while the rest of biotech tried to find its footing.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of churned

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Melissa Wegman, a Democratic retiree who is also from Bakersfield, said she was shocked when the pump recently whirled to $128 to fill the tank on her SUV.

— Mike Catalini, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Throughout all this chaos, the Fleetwood Mac touring machine whirled on.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2026

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