as in to trudge
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Recent Examples of wade
The team behind Fitbit is launching a new consumer health company, betting on AI to help people wade through the morass of family health care.
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Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Its political arm was influential in helping elect board members in the Carroll, Grapevine-Colleyville, Keller and Mansfield school districts in 2022 and has continued to wade into local politics in the years since with varied success.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2026
Minneapolis, home to mega corporations like Target, UnitedHealth and 3M, has become the testing ground for when and how far corporate leaders will wade into escalating political tensions, heightened by a president who pushes the bounds of state power.
—Hugh Son,melissa Repko, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
In an effort to spend less taxpayer money, legislators have committed to cutting off weeks at the end of the session, leaving a short two months to wade through the same number of bills as a normal session.
—Joe Mutascio, IndyStar, 8 Jan. 2026
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Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Its political arm was influential in helping elect board members in the Carroll, Grapevine-Colleyville, Keller and Mansfield school districts in 2022 and has continued to wade into local politics in the years since with varied success.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2026
Minneapolis, home to mega corporations like Target, UnitedHealth and 3M, has become the testing ground for when and how far corporate leaders will wade into escalating political tensions, heightened by a president who pushes the bounds of state power.
—Hugh Son,melissa Repko, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
In an effort to spend less taxpayer money, legislators have committed to cutting off weeks at the end of the session, leaving a short two months to wade through the same number of bills as a normal session.
—Joe Mutascio, IndyStar, 8 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wade
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About half of the the 20-some folks who trudged into the club’s Woodland Hills offices were Latino.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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Before the fourth official even held his board up to signal Bailey’s substitution for Jadon Sancho in the 61st minute, the 28-year-old was already trudging off, carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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On the night of the shooting, Neely tried to pull over Belt-Stubblefield for speeding and a possible DUI near East Sixth Avenue and Sable Boulevard.—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
24 Feb. 2026
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At the moment, members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel are seeking revenge against Mexico’s security forces and are also trying to assert their regional authority despite El Mencho’s death.—
Angélica Durán-Martínez,
The Conversation,
24 Feb. 2026
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Helping this vulnerable population should garner the same degree of enthusiasm so many on Capitol Hill exerted for canceling student loan debt.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
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Here, Beethoven exerts a compulsion for triumphant glory.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Wade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wade. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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