peg (away)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peg (away)
Verb
  • Haliburton was laboring, and the Pacers were working around it.
    Tony East, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
  • Indeed, where Webb got soft contact and quick outs, needing just 98 pitches to complete his seventh seven-inning outing of the season, Yamamoto labored through hitters’ counts and long at-bats, issuing a career-high five walks while finding the strike zone on just 56 of his 102 pitches.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2025
Verb
  • However, San Jose has struggled to keep pace, with the city failing to see a single construction start last year for market-rate multi-family developments over 20 units, making the Pleasant Hills project a potential bonus should it be constructed.
    Devan Patel, Mercury News, 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
  • 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
  • The faculty is brimming with principal players from leading orchestras from across the U.S. Yoyo and Jun have been looking forward to working with all the teachers, especially the experts on their instruments.
    Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025
  • The Trump Administration continues to work closely with State and Local Leaders.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025
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“Peg (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peg%20%28away%29. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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