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pegged (away)

verb

past tense of peg (away)
as in labored
to devote serious and sustained effort the writer pegged away at his first novel for three years before he felt that it was ready to be published

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  1. labored
  2. struggled
  3. worked
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 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
  • 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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“Pegged (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pegged%20%28away%29. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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