as in laboring
to devote serious and sustained effort
slaving over a hot stove
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Recent Examples of slaving
Po’s journey begins while slaving away at his boring noodle job on the day the Dragon Warrior is to be chosen.
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Skyler Trepel,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Nov. 2025
Maybe entrepreneurship to you means slaving away behind a laptop, answering to clients, suppliers and team members.
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Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
After two years away on loan while Leeds were slaving away in the second tier, the winger has returned to find his old No 11 shirt in Brenden Aaronson’s possession.
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The Athletic Uk Staff,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
Defined by exhaustion from slaving away at the ironing board while confronting the latest family crisis, Angela is quite capable of whipping up baloney sandwiches with mayonnaise for all and functions as a wise-cracking, big-hearted den mother.
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Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
4 Aug. 2025
Skyler Trepel,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Nov. 2025
Maybe entrepreneurship to you means slaving away behind a laptop, answering to clients, suppliers and team members.
—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
After two years away on loan while Leeds were slaving away in the second tier, the winger has returned to find his old No 11 shirt in Brenden Aaronson’s possession.
—
The Athletic Uk Staff,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
Defined by exhaustion from slaving away at the ironing board while confronting the latest family crisis, Angela is quite capable of whipping up baloney sandwiches with mayonnaise for all and functions as a wise-cracking, big-hearted den mother.
—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slaving
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In the days since posting the news, Mitchell has continued to update her followers about the aftermath and the start of the healing process, including videos of herself laboring.
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Mercurius began laboring in the third and left after Hull's second homer of the CWS and ninth of the season leading off the fifth.
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The two candidates also are offering differing solutions for the country’s struggling health system, ballooning public debt and entrenched corruption.
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The two candidates also are offering differing solutions for the country's struggling health system, ballooning public debt and entrenched corruption.
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The overarching message is that spatial computing is maturing, striving for seamless integration into daily life.
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General Motors is among the Western automakers striving to match that blistering pace, by harnessing AI and simulation to dramatically shorten development times.
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Davidson is more steeped in Democratic politics, including working for years as a political consultant and winning a county legislature seat in 2023.
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These startups are working with a range of different non-invasive sensor modalities, including those that measure electrical pulses (EEG), those that measure magnetic fields (MEG), and those that use light to measure changes in blood flow (fNIRS).
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“Slaving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slaving. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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