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
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  • The former offices of the saltpeter mines, which produced the main ingredients used in gunpowder and fertilizer, evoke the past, when thousands of people labored at processing caliche, a nitrate-bearing rock.
    — Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026
  • That doesn’t mean the subscription businesses that media companies labored to build will collapse, Cohen said.
    — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of labored
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  • The 17 passengers and crew who lived told investigators everyone survived the landing, but many passengers struggled to locate life vests and the crew had a difficult time pulling out life rafts.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
  • Brayden Burries, Bucks While most of the vaunted crop of rookie guards from the NCAA ranks struggled, Burries was a glaring exception.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Definition of struggled
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  • The next season was wiped out to the NHL’s lockout, and when the league relaunched, the new rule changes worked against players like Hatcher.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026
  • Astros right-hander Bryan Abreu worked a perfect ninth for his sixth save.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 23 July 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 24 Jul. 2026.

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