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moiled

verb

past tense of moil
1
as in struggled
to devote serious and sustained effort miners moiling all day in the sunless recesses of the earth

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2
as in swirled
to be in a state of violent rolling motion the angry mob moiled around the courthouse

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moiled
  1. struggled
  2. swirled
  3. labored
  4. boiled
  5. worked
  6. spun
  7. churned
  8. whirled
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  • The man's family has struggled to get any information from the hospital about his status or location, Lincoln-Goldfinch said.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Last year, Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas’ office struggled with contractor Tyler Technologies to get money from county coffers out to districts.
    — A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of struggled
Verb
  • The risk is that Trump fuels suspicions that swirled on Wall Street this summer that Warsh may not be truly independent.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Miniature Bellinis, freshly frothed from large pitchers, swirled about on silver trays, happily scooped up by passersby.
    — Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of swirled
Verb
  • 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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  • The agitation of the team’s fanbase boiled to the surface this summer.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Super-fresh corn on the cob hardly needs to be cooked, let alone boiled.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of boiled
Verb
  • 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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  • Images of these women spun in my head like the portraits of queens.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The dollars can be added up, economics can be spun any number of ways, as always, but in terms of quality of life the impact of the three franchises can be felt, if not measured.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of spun
Verb
  • 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
  • This latest impact churned the lunar surface for more than 66 miles.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of churned
Verb
  • 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
Definition of whirled
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“Moiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moiled. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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