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
The roughly 1,000 Bandanese who survived were enslaved alongside other laborers under the perkenier system, where hundreds of workers toiled on each plantation (in Dutch, perk).
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H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 14 May 2026
Vitor Pereira’s side have toiled through the last two games without Morgan Gibbs-White, sidelined with a facial injury.
—Paul Taylor, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Hired in the foreign transactions department, Eliot toiled at a desk in the bank’s basement.
—René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
While the opera Lulu was playing out front, the tuner and his son toiled backstage.
—Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
The story’s most significant character, save Miranda herself, is Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway), who once toiled alongside Emily in the assistant trenches and finally surpassed her.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026
At the time, many people who had previously toiled in the fields shifted to working long shifts in cramped, and often dangerous manufacturing and textile facilities while increasingly resenting the industrialists who owned the factories.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
Since that December victory, Swanson trained and toiled, still uncertain about his fighting future.
—Brian Martin, Oc Register, 9 Apr. 2026
Down where the Pigeons toiled, two-foot piles of garbage cluttered blocks lined with storage-unit facilities, budget hotels, abandoned RVs and parking lots sealed with rusted razor wire.
—Tim Craig The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2026
H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 14 May 2026
Vitor Pereira’s side have toiled through the last two games without Morgan Gibbs-White, sidelined with a facial injury.
—Paul Taylor, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Hired in the foreign transactions department, Eliot toiled at a desk in the bank’s basement.
—René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
While the opera Lulu was playing out front, the tuner and his son toiled backstage.
—Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
The story’s most significant character, save Miranda herself, is Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway), who once toiled alongside Emily in the assistant trenches and finally surpassed her.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026
At the time, many people who had previously toiled in the fields shifted to working long shifts in cramped, and often dangerous manufacturing and textile facilities while increasingly resenting the industrialists who owned the factories.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
Since that December victory, Swanson trained and toiled, still uncertain about his fighting future.
—Brian Martin, Oc Register, 9 Apr. 2026
Down where the Pigeons toiled, two-foot piles of garbage cluttered blocks lined with storage-unit facilities, budget hotels, abandoned RVs and parking lots sealed with rusted razor wire.
—Tim Craig The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toiled
Verb
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Kreider, who dealt with injuries last season with the New York Rangers, has labored.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
14 May 2026
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The residents labored in a lead smelter near the mountain's base and worked on the project for nearly a decade, until it was completed in 1940.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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The promotion remains the sport’s undeniable leader, but has struggled to find a new generation of mainstream stars since Rousey and Conor McGregor in the 2010s.—
Mark Puleo,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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Advertisement Two more moderate candidates, state senator Sharif Street and pediatric surgeon Ala Stanford, split votes and struggled to catch fire.—
Julia Terruso,
Time,
20 May 2026
Verb
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The White Sox slugger worked a 1-1 count by taking a pair of pitches away.—
Andy Martinez,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2026
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Instead of being found by quick switches of play, Grimaldo and Frimpong would often become involved in moves higher up the pitch after the ball had worked its way through Alonso’s midfield box (consisting of the two deeper midfielders and two No 10s).—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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“Toiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toiled. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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