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to devote serious and sustained effort
the young lawyer labored most of the weekend over the difficult legal brief
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Recent Examples of labored
James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 26 Feb. 2026
Red blood cells are prevented from carrying oxygen, which causes labored breathing.
—Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 24 Feb. 2026
Amy Waldman, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2026
Lakshmi even labored over the shape of the studio, citing studies that conclude rounded shapes facilitate focus and creativity.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 4 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
By avoiding the labored meta-commentary of the last two sequels, Scream 7 actually feels more like a Scream movie.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 26 Feb. 2026
Red blood cells are prevented from carrying oxygen, which causes labored breathing.
—Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 24 Feb. 2026
Verb
My fascination extended to gardeners, who voluntarily labored to create something with no hope of permanence.
—Amy Waldman, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2026
Lakshmi even labored over the shape of the studio, citing studies that conclude rounded shapes facilitate focus and creativity.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for labored
Adjective
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Gulf countries import most of their food and manufactured products, and rely on open shipping lanes to export — in addition to hydrocarbons — aluminum, fertilizers, and other goods.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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If the space is challenging, then a pre-manufactured model may not work.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Severino struggled with his control, walking five and throwing just 49 of his 91 pitches for strikes before he was lifted after 3 1/3 innings.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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The national team, called the Leopards, struggled as the country’s domestic league operated without support from sponsors or government funding.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Fuel subsidies threaten to blow a hole in Jakarta’s already strained budget.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Data centers have sparked backlash from communities across the state that are worried about higher utility bills, strained power grids and water being diverted away from families to cool servers at massive data centers.—
Brendan Steinhauser,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Cazares and Grant-Dawson worked together to get the Bay Area-district out of insolvency, after which HYA Corporation took over fiscal responsibility.—
Scott Lebar. Story produced with AI assistance,
Sacbee.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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The beneficiary of Adell’s first catch was starter Jack Kochanowicz, who worked 5⅔ innings, with seven strikeouts.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Aunt Fely, with her compliments and her contrived umbrage at the theatricality of my sartorial gesture, was only a minute away.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
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Adroitly balancing humor and pathos, her performance brings the only real human element to the overly contrived proceedings.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Johnson for months endeavored to appoint his ally ex-Ald.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
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Along the way, Pollan endeavored to find answers to some of the most fundamental questions of existence, like why is there a subjective self at all?—
Nick Hilden,
Rolling Stone,
24 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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With automatic runner Bo Bichette also aboard at second, Robert reached down and drove a 1-0 slider over the left-center fence for his first homer with the Mets.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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For many years now, that increase has been automatic based on growth in the national average wage index.—
Tom Margenau,
Dallas Morning News,
29 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The people who toiled night and day to put astronauts on the moon during Apollo are thrilled that NASA is finally going back.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Mar. 2026
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First baseman Betsy Jack and most of her nine fellow seniors on this year’s roster toiled largely in the background for a record-setting season in 2025 as Oswego won the program’s first state title.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Labored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/labored. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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