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as in laboring
to devote serious and sustained effort
spent the afternoon sweating over her tax returns
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as in worrying
to experience concern or anxiety
don't sweat over getting the application in a day late, as it probably doesn't matter
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as in dripping
to flow forth slowly through small openings
the oil coat may sweat through this varnish
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as in interrogating
slang
to put a series of questions to
the narcotics squad tried sweating the mule, but he was genuinely clueless about the inner workings of the drug operation
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Recent Examples of sweating
According to the Martin County report, Deputy Tatiana Levenar observed Woods to be sweating profusely, lethargic and slow.
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Don Riddell, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2026
Still sweating from Saturday’s practice after being a full participant in all drills, Curry looked and sounded ready to get back on the court.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2026
Now leaders in the West are sweating, too.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026
Heatstroke, when the body stops sweating and loses the ability to regulate temperature, always requires medical attention.
—Julia James, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
In the rearview mirror, my reflection was dotted with fat, angry pimples, sweating and growing more aggressive in their itch.
—Literary Hub, 27 Mar. 2026
Then-board chair Roberto Zárate, who died last year at age 76 on March 31, 2025 remembered sweating in fields as a boy, picking potatoes in Idaho and onions and cotton in the Texas Panhandle, sometimes working 11-hour shifts at 60 cents per hour.
—Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Mar. 2026
How extreme heat can be dangerous for health Typically, during extreme heat -- meaning temperatures are hotter or more humid than average -- the body tries to cool itself by sweating.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
No one seems to be visibly sweating, probably because most of red carpet is covered.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026
Don Riddell, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2026
Still sweating from Saturday’s practice after being a full participant in all drills, Curry looked and sounded ready to get back on the court.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2026
Now leaders in the West are sweating, too.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026
Heatstroke, when the body stops sweating and loses the ability to regulate temperature, always requires medical attention.
—Julia James, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
In the rearview mirror, my reflection was dotted with fat, angry pimples, sweating and growing more aggressive in their itch.
—Literary Hub, 27 Mar. 2026
Then-board chair Roberto Zárate, who died last year at age 76 on March 31, 2025 remembered sweating in fields as a boy, picking potatoes in Idaho and onions and cotton in the Texas Panhandle, sometimes working 11-hour shifts at 60 cents per hour.
—Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Mar. 2026
How extreme heat can be dangerous for health Typically, during extreme heat -- meaning temperatures are hotter or more humid than average -- the body tries to cool itself by sweating.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
No one seems to be visibly sweating, probably because most of red carpet is covered.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sweating
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Put differently, eliminating tax on overtime reduces the number of hours each day that hourly workers are laboring not for themselves or their families but for the government.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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The difference early was that Keller was throwing strikes at an astonishing rate and quickly working through his innings, while King was laboring.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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Horner also talked about being concerned about losing his job, wanting to see his child and worrying about what was going to happen to him, Espinoza said.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Apr. 2026
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When health plans, providers, and policymakers work together, families can spend less time worrying about costs and more time focusing on their health.—
Anthem Blue Cross California,
Daily News,
9 Apr. 2026
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That, of course, and the occasional ghostly presences, unsettling cries, and blood dripping from the ceiling.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2026
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Blown out, extravagant, dripping with ferocious malaise and desperation, but precisely arranged for the maximum possible emotional effect.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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Season 50 is honoring its past and legacy, actively interrogating it, dropping players from different eras into direct competition and letting the game itself reveal what has changed and what hasn’t.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
14 Apr. 2026
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Or gents or anyone else, though the Masters isn’t exactly a hotbed of bold, gender-interrogating fashion decisions.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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Dave Walton, a corn, soybean, and hay farmer in Iowa and vice president of the American Soybean Association, said in March that some of his neighbors didn’t have cash on hand last fall to buy fertilizer and were struggling to budget for fertilizer due to high prices.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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But even a young woman struggling with the patriarchal conundrum of cool-girl syndrome (to be independent and accepted) might reveal more of a snappish turn of mind than Grace does.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2026
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The accusations reordered a wide-open gubernatorial race that had Democrats fretting the party’s large number of candidates could lead to them getting shut out of the general election in November.—
MIchael R. Blood,
Fortune,
13 Apr. 2026
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Increasingly, teachers and schools fretting over students using artificial intelligence to complete their assignments are turning to AI detectors to catch would-be cheaters.—
Nathan Agranovsky,
Washington Post,
13 Apr. 2026
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The weeping women of Jerusalem were interspersed with a half-dozen inconsolable Smurfs.—
Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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All weeping cherry trees stay under 25 feet tall, but dwarf varieties are even more compact—growing less than six feet high.—
Lauren Landers,
The Spruce,
9 Apr. 2026
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In 2019, the political scientists Katherine Levine Einstein, Maxwell Palmer, and David Glick published a study examining who attended such meetings in the Boston area.—
Idrees Kahloon,
The Atlantic,
13 Apr. 2026
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In addition to connecting with their characters that are written as creative artists, Bradford and Ramos are relating to what Berryman is examining about friendship.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Sweating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sweating. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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