as in labored
to devote serious and sustained effort
toiled for many years on the mammoth outdoor sculpture
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Recent Examples of toiled
Keaton Middleton had the type of year last season that thousands of hockey players who have toiled away in the minors dream of.
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Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
Holmes toiled for a decade in the minors before his first MLB call with the Braves in 2024.
—David O'Brien, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Notably, the designer has also toiled away on behalf of her namesake label.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 9 Sep. 2025
While Jackson toiled with the training staff on the sidelines, Stafford was in street clothes for all of July and the first half of August.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
For the past decade, singer-songwriter Corrina — aka Corrina Grant Gill — has toiled in intimate spaces like Music City's The East Room, gaining comparisons to soulful and pop-styled stars like Chris Stapleton and Carrie Underwood.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 9 Aug. 2025
The procession stopped at the farm where the future president toiled alongside the Black sharecroppers who worked for his father.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 5 Jan. 2025
The husky Black man from the Bronx toiled for every inch of respect, beset by toxicity and misinformation, as hairy white folk-rock and boogie-band alumni pushed similar buttons to become the de facto bards of the everyman.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
Aristocrats feasted while peasants toiled and poor Parisians starved, and new delicacies like the banana debuted against a backdrop of imperialist adventures.
—Amy Crawford, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
Holmes toiled for a decade in the minors before his first MLB call with the Braves in 2024.
—David O'Brien, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Notably, the designer has also toiled away on behalf of her namesake label.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 9 Sep. 2025
While Jackson toiled with the training staff on the sidelines, Stafford was in street clothes for all of July and the first half of August.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
For the past decade, singer-songwriter Corrina — aka Corrina Grant Gill — has toiled in intimate spaces like Music City's The East Room, gaining comparisons to soulful and pop-styled stars like Chris Stapleton and Carrie Underwood.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 9 Aug. 2025
The procession stopped at the farm where the future president toiled alongside the Black sharecroppers who worked for his father.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 5 Jan. 2025
The husky Black man from the Bronx toiled for every inch of respect, beset by toxicity and misinformation, as hairy white folk-rock and boogie-band alumni pushed similar buttons to become the de facto bards of the everyman.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
Aristocrats feasted while peasants toiled and poor Parisians starved, and new delicacies like the banana debuted against a backdrop of imperialist adventures.
—Amy Crawford, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toiled
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In service jobs, Black workers labored as porters, chauffeurs, and servers; in manufacturing plants, white supremacist pseudoscience was harnessed to justify forcing Black workers to perform the most difficult and dangerous work.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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The Bears labored much of the rest of the evening.—
Jeff Faraudo,
Mercury News,
18 Oct. 2025
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In recent years, some Wyandotte residents have tried to get the government to delay or cancel its tax sales, which usually happen twice a year, to prevent people who have struggled to pay sky-rocketing property tax bills from losing their family homes.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
18 Oct. 2025
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Colandrea and the Rebels should be able to move the ball against a Boise D that has struggled to get stops, dating all the way back to its season-opening loss to South Florida.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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Her dad worked for an automotive firm, while her mom worked for the local police department.—
NPR,
NPR,
21 Oct. 2025
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The Knicks fired head coach Tom Thibodeau over the summer, replacing him with Mike Brown, who should be able to spruce up the team's offense while preserving the Thibodeau-era elements that worked.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Toiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toiled. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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