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as in shuffled
to move heavily or clumsily
flooded residents who were forced to trudge through waist-deep water
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as in stumbled
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 trudged
As boos rained down from the Philly crowd and Carter trudged to the locker-room, TV cameras showed Carter appearing to spit at Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott.
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Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
In front of me Elis Holmes trudged along, picking out the best going, searching for moose paths that led around the worst of the down stuff, breaking trail through the thimbleberries.
—Ben East, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2025
Black Sabbath’s ‘Paranoid’ echoed over the speakers as the players trudged down the tunnel at half-time, pre-empting Villa’s full-time emotions.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
Behind the provisional stage, cars passed by and buses trudged along to their next stop while passengers glanced curiously at the impromptu rock show that shut the street down.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
These were tiny towns where restaurants serve breakfast with eggs supplied by on-property chickens and eagles are visible on mosquito-laden trails that railroad cars once trudged.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Wiley and her group trudged through the murky water in the morning, feet squelching in the muck.
—Jack Prator, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
Expressionless, Watkins trudged off at full time.
—Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
Lindsay Lohan and other celebrities have famously posed for the paparazzi and trudged the red carpet wearing SCRAM and other ankle monitors.
—Emily Waltz, IEEE Spectrum, 19 May 2016
Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
In front of me Elis Holmes trudged along, picking out the best going, searching for moose paths that led around the worst of the down stuff, breaking trail through the thimbleberries.
—Ben East, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2025
Black Sabbath’s ‘Paranoid’ echoed over the speakers as the players trudged down the tunnel at half-time, pre-empting Villa’s full-time emotions.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
Behind the provisional stage, cars passed by and buses trudged along to their next stop while passengers glanced curiously at the impromptu rock show that shut the street down.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
These were tiny towns where restaurants serve breakfast with eggs supplied by on-property chickens and eagles are visible on mosquito-laden trails that railroad cars once trudged.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Wiley and her group trudged through the murky water in the morning, feet squelching in the muck.
—Jack Prator, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
Expressionless, Watkins trudged off at full time.
—Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
Lindsay Lohan and other celebrities have famously posed for the paparazzi and trudged the red carpet wearing SCRAM and other ankle monitors.
—Emily Waltz, IEEE Spectrum, 19 May 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trudged
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Budget cuts are about to bring big changes to San Diego’s 37 neighborhood library branches — including shorter hours, shuffled staff and rescheduled activities.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Sep. 2025
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Over the past two months, he’s been shuffled through three detention centers despite attempts to pay a bond set by the immigration judge.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
22 Aug. 2025
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The Wildcats stumbled early but got hot in October, won 10 games, beat Oklahoma in the Alamo Bowl and were one of the biggest surprises in the country.—
Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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The Patriots stumbled at the start of the Mike Vrabel era last week, dropping a winnable game to the Raiders at home as favorites.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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That certainly looked to be the case as the Indianapolis Colts stomped the Miami Dolphins 33-8 in the regular-season opener.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
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Many in Hollywood were dubious as to whether Universal and Amblin could reboot the Jurassic franchise for a third time, and birth a new trilogy more than three decades after Steven Spielberg’s dinos first stomped onto the big screen in 1993’s Jurassic Park.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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But the California native struggled throughout the postseason and had just one hit and seven strikeouts across the first three World Series games.—
Jamie Barton,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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England had noticed Patri had struggled with the same issue against Switzerland.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Trudged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trudged. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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