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
Many CEOs will have no choice but to devote their efforts to guessing, interpreting and trying to influence what the president wants, rather than toiling on behalf of their shareholders and customers.
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Senior Fellow, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
The aforementioned deal sheets would often see people still toiling away well beyond midnight in order to get late business over the line.
—Leon Imber, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2025
Bulls are constantly toiling away at endeavors that speak to their artistry.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Raised in smoky Manchester, her tiny hands toiling away in cotton mills, she’s kept in line by a steely disciplinarian father.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2025
The 26-year-old looks a shadow of the player that helped Liverpool to title glory last season, making rash decisions and generally toiling to cover open space in opening transition.
—Graham Ruthven, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The son of a tugboat stoker for the merchant Navy, Stamp spent years toiling in the swinging 1960s' rising advertising industry before winning a scholarship to undergo classical training at the prestigious Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
—Ryan Coleman Updated, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Senior Fellow, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
The aforementioned deal sheets would often see people still toiling away well beyond midnight in order to get late business over the line.
—Leon Imber, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2025
Bulls are constantly toiling away at endeavors that speak to their artistry.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Raised in smoky Manchester, her tiny hands toiling away in cotton mills, she’s kept in line by a steely disciplinarian father.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2025
The 26-year-old looks a shadow of the player that helped Liverpool to title glory last season, making rash decisions and generally toiling to cover open space in opening transition.
—Graham Ruthven, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The son of a tugboat stoker for the merchant Navy, Stamp spent years toiling in the swinging 1960s' rising advertising industry before winning a scholarship to undergo classical training at the prestigious Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
—Ryan Coleman Updated, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toiling
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During that season Clark was laboring to teach all his defensive linemen a new technique to use, and players would have to film themselves working on it, and send it into the coaches.—
Omar Kelly
August 23,
Miami Herald,
23 Aug. 2025
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Wall Street economists are fixated on identifying tariff effects, yet stocks either celebrated or shrugged off three warm and sticky inflation readings this week, laboring to hold near record highs.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
16 Aug. 2025
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Even with Muchová so clearly struggling, Osaka faced some weird jeopardy down the stretch.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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However, even people who have these more 'substantial' degrees are struggling.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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The occasion is an event held by the Women’s Coaching Alliance, a group striving to diversify football staffs.—
Seth Wickersham,
The Atlantic,
8 Sep. 2025
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Drown is now striving to be able to flip sleeping clients without waking them up.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Former director of football Kevin Thelwell and Dan Purdy, two key drivers of the initial interest in Rohl, have since left the club and are working for Rangers in Scotland.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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He's Delivered the Opposite | Opinion Venezuela has a unified and organized opposition that has been working tirelessly to prepare for this moment.—
Kristina Foltz,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Toiling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toiling. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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