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Recent Examples of slog
Verb
This, rather than just being drunk on options, should be the sweet slog of modernity. Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 23 June 2025 Did your mind wander during time at camp, during slogs uphill, or were these things put inside of a box placed deep within the basement of your being and just shoved down at any time? Outside Online, 28 May 2025
Noun
What should be tight, punchy notes are slogging and muddied. PC Magazine, 29 July 2025 Carlson slogging Carlson’s night overall was not good. Sean Gentille, New York Times, 11 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for slog
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slog
Verb
  • Obeid said his own home was hit and demolished by a bombing just one week into the conflict.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Moncada can’t hit from the right side, so as soon as a lefty came in from the bullpen, Moore replaced Moncada.
    Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 17 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The state’s newest theory is that Zeigler wore a raincoat while shooting his wife and mother-in-law (who was shot with two different guns) and struggling with his father-in-law — despite the customer having the father-in-law’s blood soaked into his pants.
    Gail Hollenbeck, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Some team that struggles to hit southpaws will surely want to add him to their lineup.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • When Sunday ended, supremacy was restored – the Dodgers were back in first place in the NL West, and the Padres were licking their wounds, wondering what just happened.
    Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The little girl licks butter off a spoon, gets a bottle full of bone broth and uses her four teeth to gum ribeye steak.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Nissan has shuffled its EV plans in recent years, scrapping the timeline for bringing electric U.S.-made sedans to market and pushing back the launch of the Leaf toward the end of this year.
    Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
  • My shortlist of 50 wouldn’t have shuffled Braid, Celeste, or Terraria to this section, but, y’know, different strokes.
    Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Another says Stan Lee, frustrated by years of toil churning out uninspiring comics, was prompted by his wife to try something new that would excite him.
    Oliver Staley, Time, 25 July 2025
  • Poets toil as often-anonymous individuals building some greater nest, colony, or hive that might outlast us or end up squashed and swept away unceremoniously.
    Hannah Brooks-Motl June 2, Literary Hub, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • McLean’s performance — 5 1/3 innings, no runs, two hits, four walks and eight strikeouts — turned up the vibes.
    Will Sammon, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2025
  • The final line for Gordon: Three runs on five hits in five-plus innings, with two strikeouts and one walk … and his third win of the season.
    Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Sure, they got smacked by Ohio State, but who didn't last winter?
    Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Two 10-ounce bags of Fresh Express lettuce got smacked with Stop Sales.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In this way, AI allows PR folks to compare and contrast strategies quickly rather than laboring over a single version.
    Daniel Lotzof, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • In the years since Trump pulled off his shocking upset victory over Hillary Clinton, the Democrats have been laboring under a series of myths about themselves and Trump that have compelled them to continue digging their own graves.
    Isaac Schorr, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025

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“Slog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slog. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.

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