as in laboring
to devote serious and sustained effort
toiled for many years on the mammoth outdoor sculpture
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Recent Examples of toiling
These days, many would-be retirees are punching clocks in warehouses, toiling as home health aides, or serving customers in retail stores.
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Ann Larson,
Time,
11 June 2026
The 60-year-old owner of All-Pro Lawnmower Sales, Service & Recycling at 555 Santa Fe Drive in Denver spends his days toiling on small engines.
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Matthew Geiger,
Denver Post,
29 May 2026
These figures are not the proprietary work of a data scientist toiling away late into the night.
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Evan Drellich,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
Though work continues to be handled outside the Trop, a workload with increasing demands with the summer months upon us, the Rays’ grounds crew takes care of a field inside without having to change clothes multiple times per day while toiling in unrelenting heat and humidity.
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Tom Layberger,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
Torn between toiling away at farmwork, his corrective swimming lessons, and learning music from a local organist — the elderly Michel (Alexandre Astier, Clichy’s former directing partner), who shows him more kindness than most — Christophe’s world gradually widens.
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Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
19 May 2026
When your partner is a creative person toiling away as an artist, that conversation is typically a tangled knot of hearts and minds and money and desires and needs and space and time.
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Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
Wilson’s a working musician’s musician, having spent much of his career toiling at full-time jobs while playing the saxophone and writing music on the side.
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Charles Moss,
SPIN,
18 May 2026
This is, of course, nothing new to the series, and the players that don’t want to spend ages toiling away for a single car, let alone a single part, looking to simply hop on their couch and straight into a GR GT will appreciate this.
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Adam Ismail,
The Drive,
14 May 2026
Ann Larson,
Time,
11 June 2026
The 60-year-old owner of All-Pro Lawnmower Sales, Service & Recycling at 555 Santa Fe Drive in Denver spends his days toiling on small engines.
—
Matthew Geiger,
Denver Post,
29 May 2026
These figures are not the proprietary work of a data scientist toiling away late into the night.
—
Evan Drellich,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
Though work continues to be handled outside the Trop, a workload with increasing demands with the summer months upon us, the Rays’ grounds crew takes care of a field inside without having to change clothes multiple times per day while toiling in unrelenting heat and humidity.
—
Tom Layberger,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
Torn between toiling away at farmwork, his corrective swimming lessons, and learning music from a local organist — the elderly Michel (Alexandre Astier, Clichy’s former directing partner), who shows him more kindness than most — Christophe’s world gradually widens.
—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
19 May 2026
When your partner is a creative person toiling away as an artist, that conversation is typically a tangled knot of hearts and minds and money and desires and needs and space and time.
—
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
Wilson’s a working musician’s musician, having spent much of his career toiling at full-time jobs while playing the saxophone and writing music on the side.
—
Charles Moss,
SPIN,
18 May 2026
This is, of course, nothing new to the series, and the players that don’t want to spend ages toiling away for a single car, let alone a single part, looking to simply hop on their couch and straight into a GR GT will appreciate this.
—
Adam Ismail,
The Drive,
14 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toiling
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The infant had been trapped for almost three days; a team of rescuers from Fairfax, Virginia, had been laboring to reach the boy, who was nine months old, for at least six hours.
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In the days since posting the news, Mitchell has continued to update her followers about the aftermath and the start of the healing process, including videos of herself laboring.
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And what people in that district are exhausted by is a politics that has justified the spending of tens of billions of dollars in killing civilians overseas, while working people are struggling just to do the basics.
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The fashion industry has been struggling in Europe and China, while seeing growth in North America, Ebner said.
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For some, chalance has become bigger than just dating, with people striving to bring more enthusiasm and feeling into all areas of their lives, too.
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Move from striving to stillness.
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The government is also working with private developers, banks and the real estate sector to accelerate temporary and permanent housing solutions.
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In soccer, the line between a yellow and a red card can be subjective, depending on the referee working the game that day and his or her interpretation of the play.
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“Toiling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toiling. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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