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Recent Examples of spadework
Indeed, many diplomatic agreements are the product of several administrations, with one president benefiting from the spadework of predecessors.
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Peter Baker, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2023
But the day-to-day spadework is already underway.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2021
Early spadework for the new batch of projects also dates back to the City of Cleveland’s 2004 Waterfront District Plan.
—Steven Litt, cleveland, 26 Feb. 2022
This was Biden’s third such visit to a House battleground in eight days, as the White House has married the president’s summer sales pitch for his infrastructure plans in Congress to Democrats’ political spadework ahead of the 2022 election.
—Eli Stokols Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2021
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Peter Baker, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2023
But the day-to-day spadework is already underway.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2021
Early spadework for the new batch of projects also dates back to the City of Cleveland’s 2004 Waterfront District Plan.
—Steven Litt, cleveland, 26 Feb. 2022
This was Biden’s third such visit to a House battleground in eight days, as the White House has married the president’s summer sales pitch for his infrastructure plans in Congress to Democrats’ political spadework ahead of the 2022 election.
—Eli Stokols Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spadework
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Snyder has since emerged a central figure in efforts to help Power 4 schools include international athletes in the revenue-sharing plans outlined in the House v. NCAA settlement.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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Chinese authorities are limiting state employees’ overseas travel as part of a larger effort to tighten control over government workers.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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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
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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
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There’s an optimistic view: that AI could free us from drudgery and elevate us toward creativity, insight, and connection.—
Jason Snyder,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Meteorologists are now freed from computational drudgery to focus on what humans do best: interpreting model outputs, applying local knowledge, and communicating weather impacts to decision-makers.—
Renny Vandewege,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Eventually, as your immune system reacts more fully to the problem, more systemic symptoms like fever, chills, fatigue and body aches can appear.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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Over time, insulin resistance can cause fatigue and raise the risk of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome.13 Watermelon’s Key Nutrients Watermelon is a nutrient-dense food that is low in calories.—
Carrie Madormo,
Verywell Health,
29 July 2025
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Then real life happened as her father passed and the travails of the tour became too much.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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The book offers a personal account of how a first gen Latina navigates the various travails of social mobility.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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That modern-day descendants of slaves seven generations removed from the Civil War — in a state that never instituted slavery — should not receive cash payments or special treatment is obvious and common sense.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 July 2025
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In 2024, she was denied a visa to Australia following remarks that minimized the Holocaust and controversial claims about Islam and slavery.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
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“Spadework.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spadework. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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