1
as in emphasized
to speak or write about insistently and usually tiresomely
stop belaboring the fact that they're already in debt
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2
as in attacked
to criticize harshly and usually publicly
there's no need to belabor other people's flaws when you're hardly perfect yourself
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as in licked
to strike repeatedly
with a whip he belabored a horse almost to the point of death
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Recent Examples of belabored
The gags are both belabored and feeble.
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Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
26 June 2026
During Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference keynote, one health announcement came fast — the other was belabored at length.
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Mario Aguilar,
STAT,
9 June 2026
Jones belabored this point as well, once again citing packing too much and how a broken zipper can quickly turn messy if security is unable to quickly re-pack your belongings.
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Kelsey Legg,
ABC News,
13 Feb. 2026
His restraint suits a story in which machine-kind and humankind begin to feel shrink-wrapped together, the ghosts belabored by increasing social pressure, the humans jolted by high-voltage wires.
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Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
The stereotype of constructing the culture of a program in the mirror image of the head coach is belabored throughout every college football season.
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Christopher Kamrani,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
Its instructions are vague, its arguments belabored and its absurdist fables too plentiful.
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Literary Hub,
2 Oct. 2025
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
26 June 2026
During Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference keynote, one health announcement came fast — the other was belabored at length.
—
Mario Aguilar,
STAT,
9 June 2026
Jones belabored this point as well, once again citing packing too much and how a broken zipper can quickly turn messy if security is unable to quickly re-pack your belongings.
—
Kelsey Legg,
ABC News,
13 Feb. 2026
His restraint suits a story in which machine-kind and humankind begin to feel shrink-wrapped together, the ghosts belabored by increasing social pressure, the humans jolted by high-voltage wires.
—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
The stereotype of constructing the culture of a program in the mirror image of the head coach is belabored throughout every college football season.
—
Christopher Kamrani,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
Its instructions are vague, its arguments belabored and its absurdist fables too plentiful.
—
Book Marks
october 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belabored
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Since Craig Breslow took over as chief baseball officer the club has instead emphasized college pitchers, particularly big-bodied flamethrowers out of the SEC.
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And, following his death, Anixter’s family also emphasized just how deeply baseball shaped his life.
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Police said former professional soccer player Badea and another man attacked Zeraati before fleeing in a getaway car driven by Stana and then flying out of the country from Heathrow Airport.
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The three men who attacked our CBS News Chicago crew near Adler Planetarium before pointing a gun at people in Brighton Park on Monday afternoon have been charged.
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In Huntington Beach and San Clemente, the messy, wild waves licked the bottom of the pier structures.
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When the tiffin is returned licked clean, Ila sends another meal but with a note, leading to a rich correspondence between the two.
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Jack Compton / Getty Images Gray also stressed the importance of keeping the locker room together despite the frustrating stretch.
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For a family already scared and stressed, that free access made a big difference.
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In a scathing Instagram post this morning, LuPone, who has long been devoted to her equally enamored gay fandom, slammed Turkey’s latest homophobic move.
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Investigators said the Tesla slammed through a brick home at a high rate of speed, fatally striking Avila.
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Dansby Swanson hit three home runs, including a grand slam, Michael Conforto homered twice and the Chicago Cubs pounded the San Diego Padres 23-3 on Wednesday.
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Over a period of more than an hour, according to police reports and Sebold’s memoir, the assailant bludgeoned Sebold with his fists, pounded her skull into the brick and choked her.
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Davis remembered once being scolded as a teenager by her mother after being caught speaking poorly of a classmate.
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Well versed in what the lunar surface truly offers, Britt scolded a number of arty accounts of lunar territory promulgated by both NASA and commercial space ventures.
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Many on the right lashed out at conservative justices who joined the majority decision.
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The sting of the Australian box jellyfish has been described as being lashed with a whip dipped in burning acid, and is powerful enough to kill an adult in as little as two minutes!
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