as in handling
to put up with (something painful or difficult)
I can sweat out one more year of this job—before I totally flip out
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Recent Examples of sweating out
The New York Mets weren’t supposed to be sweating out a playoff spot.
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Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sweating out
Verb
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Don Lisi, Rogers Police Department spokesman, said police investigate cases involving virtual currency scams on a regular basis, and the department is currently handling a couple of such cases.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
4 Oct. 2025
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Louisville police's Traffic Unit is handling the ongoing investigation.—
Matthew Glowicki,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Then the Dodgers stopped by in October for an NLDS heavyweight title bout — and the Phillies are already staggering through a standing 8-count.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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The 35-year-old is a long-standing advocate of art ownership, having reclaimed her recordings earlier this year.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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This suggests their overpayment is based less on enduring affection and more on bidding-war fever.—
Fortune,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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Anyway, that was topped by Chris Wilder, currently enduring his Second Third Coming as Sheffield United boss at the bottom of the Championship.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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And while European diplomats were for many years eager to court Vučić, even tolerating hedging tactics that saw Serbia expand ties with Russia and China, that changed amid the president’s response to months of protest.—
Hanna Begić,
The Conversation,
29 Sep. 2025
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The future will not be secured by tolerating lies or retreating into despair.—
Carolyn McKinney,
Boston Herald,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Head coach Aaron Glenn cost the Jets a TD on the first drive by accepting a penalty to make it 2nd-and-goal at the 3-yard line instead of declining and taking 3rd-and-goal at the 1-yard line.—
Michael Salfino,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Faith had written a message on the mirror, accepting his proposal.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Hughes and others began resisting orders in passive ways, showing up late or taking patrols extra slowly.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Still, the two main budget bills easily passed both chambers and were sent to the governor before the Senate took up the marijuana tax legislation, taking the bite out of Hall's threat.—
Paul Egan,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Don’t expect to see bolts sticking out of Jacob Elordi‘s head.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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That includes one striking poster for a 1981 Starship gig depicting a fork sticking out of a car.—
Piet Levy,
jsonline.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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One such machine reproduced a single photo as a sheet of fifty stamps bearing the photo’s image.—
David Kamp,
New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2025
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Cards bearing Hernandez-Gazga's name were recovered from a bin inside the apartment.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Sweating out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sweating%20out. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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