Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plugging (away)
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This, of course, not being the 50-year ban that actually set women’s football back years, but Everton Women carrying on-loan Manchester United full-back Hannah Blundell out in a suitcase-cum-coffin before their World Sevens semi-final against United on Saturday and resurrecting her.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
1 June 2026 -
Its all-metal build is significant in competing with the Neo and carrying on the XPS build quality in a less expensive machine.—
Matthew Buzzi,
PC Magazine,
1 June 2026
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As plastics break down, whether that be through washing polyester clothing or wearing out our tires, microscopic particles of plastic shed, small enough to be picked up and transported by the air.—
Simmone Shah,
Time,
7 May 2026
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If a device frequently drops connection and can be fixed with a wiggle, there’s a good chance something is wearing out in the cable.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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The bigger issue is that Jason Adam has pitched with a lead once in his past five appearances and Jeremiah Estrada has gone six appearances pitching in either a tie game or with the Padres trailing.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 June 2026
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Meanwhile, Ohtani continues to make a point about hitting and pitching in the same game.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
28 May 2026
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Are employees constantly putting out fires or expected to meet unrealistic deadlines?—
Christine Muldoon,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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That has campaigns putting out ads and social media posts in Spanish, hitting the ground in Latino majority neighborhoods and rallying for key endorsements.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2026
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During a press conference Tuesday, Chitwood played surveillance video showing the impact and the truck plowing through the tiny structure and then continuing out across the beach and in the shallow waves the Atlantic before it got stuck.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 June 2026
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When on a ladder, use a four-prong garden tool in a plowing motion to push leaves out of gutters.—
Emerson Latham,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 May 2026
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“Plugging (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plugging%20%28away%29. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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