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as in to shuffle
to move heavily or clumsily
flooded residents who were forced to trudge through waist-deep water
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as in to stumble
to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually
no expert on taxes, I spent the whole weekend trudging through government forms
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Recent Examples of trudge
Burrow and the Bengals will trudge on with their season this Sunday in a game against AFC North rival Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens.
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Tyler Erzberger, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
That means that the bank can finally sell the land, which has been in limbo while the court case trudged on, to be redeveloped.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 10 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, Paramount has shown little inclination of quietly trudging off into the sunset, as was made clear by the complaints the company’s attorneys lodged yesterday.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 Dec. 2025
From 2011 to 2013, Pro Idioms campaigners trudged from hamlet to hamlet, insisting that the canton didn’t have the authority to dictate.
—Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
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Tyler Erzberger, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
That means that the bank can finally sell the land, which has been in limbo while the court case trudged on, to be redeveloped.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 10 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, Paramount has shown little inclination of quietly trudging off into the sunset, as was made clear by the complaints the company’s attorneys lodged yesterday.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 Dec. 2025
From 2011 to 2013, Pro Idioms campaigners trudged from hamlet to hamlet, insisting that the canton didn’t have the authority to dictate.
—Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trudge
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Meanwhile, butterflies drift overhead, penguins shuffle, and the museum’s living roof flourishes with native plants from as far as Borneo and Madagascar.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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The quarterback shuffle, though, continues.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
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Government agencies and businesses that invest in this training, and that insist every critical number survives a deterministic check, will capture AI's benefits without stumbling into its blind spots.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
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Dodge, still suffering the consequences of axing the popular previous generations of Charger and Challenger muscle cars, saw sales stumble down 28% compared with the previous year.—
Liam Rappleye,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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Jenkins brutally stomped and punched Coto, who was severely injured and put on life support.—
Tony Aiello,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Take it slower and stomp a path through new snow or ski on a frozen pond.—
Ashlyn Ware,
Midwest Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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Many houseplants, including tropicals and ferns, can struggle with the lower levels of humidity that occur in cold weather, when the air naturally holds less moisture.—
Alexandra Jones,
The Spruce,
21 Jan. 2026
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New York sent infielder Luisangel Acuña and minor league pitcher Truman Pauley to Chicago for Robert, who has struggled with injuries and inconsistency since a stellar 2023 season.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Trudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trudge. Accessed 24 Jan. 2026.
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