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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The 23-year-old struggled in the defeat to Argentina before adding his seventh of the tournament against France in the third-place play-off.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
His 81-year-old partner has struggled without Vela Gonzalez, her primary caretaker.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of struggled

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Over the weekend, rumors swirled that Anthropic was on the cusp of announcing that one of its AI models had cracked one of the Millennium Prize Problems.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
Bethany Donaphin Head of WNBA league operations As rumors swirled about Engelbert’s enture, insiders around the league have been mentioning Donaphin as a potential replacement.

— Chantel Jennings, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of swirled

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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
Though Morris labored through a 29-pitch first inning and gave up a run, Prielipp more than did his part, throwing five scoreless innings to follow.

— Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of labored

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Eric worked for a time as a software developer in a few start-ups, and Owen as an analyst at a venture-capital firm.

— Eric Zwick, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026
What worked was giving people something real to discuss and share, rather than asking them to absorb another leadership message.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of worked

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DJs spun Wasian musicians, including Rodrigo, Mitski, and Japanese Breakfast.

— E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
During the cocktail hour, DJ Mia Moretti spun admirably, and the dinner began with two songs from an up-and-coming musician named Mimi Webb, who did her best to warm up the room.

— Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of spun

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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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