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
Vanderbilt toiled for 13 years to make the independent film.
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Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
But while guys like Payton Tolle, Connelly Early and Hunter Dobbins were garnering headlines, one of Boston’s best young arms toiled largely out of public view.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Once freed from slavery, Washington toiled in coal mines, worked as a janitor in exchange for formal education and became a great American orator and leader of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2025
Keaton Middleton had the type of year last season that thousands of hockey players who have toiled away in the minors dream of.
—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
Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
But while guys like Payton Tolle, Connelly Early and Hunter Dobbins were garnering headlines, one of Boston’s best young arms toiled largely out of public view.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Once freed from slavery, Washington toiled in coal mines, worked as a janitor in exchange for formal education and became a great American orator and leader of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2025
Keaton Middleton had the type of year last season that thousands of hockey players who have toiled away in the minors dream of.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toiled
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Sadly, set-ups around this intense huis clos are often labored, with storylines that fizzle out and characters who become suddenly pivotal and then recede into the background.—
NPR,
NPR,
11 Nov. 2025
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For more than 100 years, enslaved people lived and labored in the colonies, but after the Revolutionary War, northern states eventually abolished most forms of enslavement by the early 1800s, led by Vermont in 1777.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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Footage of the crash showed a towering wave of smoke and flames billowing skyward near the airport after the low-flying plane struggled to climb and then erupted into an enormous fireball on impact.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Memphis struggled out of the gate on Friday night against a motivated Tulane Green Wave team that suffered an upset loss to UTSA in Week 10.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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While leading the community services district, Loewen also worked as a business development consultant and senior manager for DTA, according to a confidential investigative report issued in 2023 after residents complained about Loewen’s conduct.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
12 Nov. 2025
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Goldman worked with the NFL on the sale process for the league’s media assets, which were sold to ESPN, and helps owners facilitate franchise transactions, such as the Baltimore Orioles’ sale in 2024.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Toiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toiled. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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