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as in to struggle
to devote serious and sustained effort
plodded night and day to get the assignment done
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as in to stumble
to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually
oxen plodding through deep mud
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as in to shuffle
to move heavily or clumsily
wayfarers plodding across the sandy wastes
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Recent Examples of plod
The arrests have spread fed confusion and fear, especially among asylum-seekers, who are accustomed to remaining free while their cases plod their way through the system.
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Sydney Lake, Fortune, 26 June 2025
That is a breakneck pace for the tech world, let alone the plodding rhythms of Hollywood.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 30 May 2025
The civil case has plodded along within the confines imposed by White’s order staying proceedings.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 20 June 2025
On the left, to the east, four thousand mercenaries plodded through the underbrush.
—/ Cbs News, CBS News, 13 June 2025
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Sydney Lake, Fortune, 26 June 2025
That is a breakneck pace for the tech world, let alone the plodding rhythms of Hollywood.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 30 May 2025
The civil case has plodded along within the confines imposed by White’s order staying proceedings.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 20 June 2025
On the left, to the east, four thousand mercenaries plodded through the underbrush.
—/ Cbs News, CBS News, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plod
Verb
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Crisler said Milton struggles with alcohol addiction and was sober working for four months at a Chipotle restaurant, but a relapse resulted in the April 25 break-in.—
Quinlan Bentley,
The Enquirer,
3 Aug. 2025
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That’s directly even with the first film, which opened to $23 million in 2022 at a time when cinemas were majorly struggling to recover from COVID and studios were barely releasing any movies.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
3 Aug. 2025
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Wounded, Hyman stumbled to her desk and died from her wounds, according to one of the officials who reviewed the video.—
John Miller,
CNN Money,
3 Aug. 2025
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In May, the WHS announced that a fisherman stumbled upon a historic shipwreck in Lake Michigan.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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The season ends with Sophie dragging Kyle’s body through the woods and to the edge of a cliff, dropping it in the water below.—
Melissa Locker,
Time,
23 July 2025
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Pitmaster Roy Perez ceremoniously dragged a metal tub of hot coals up Commerce Street to transfer the fire from the old pits to the new ones.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
23 July 2025
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Fuller has pushed back on these claims by sharing the app's source code for shuffling and dealing virtual cards.—
Andrew Montequin,
jsonline.com,
29 July 2025
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Short, shuffling steps often prevent your glutes from firing properly.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
24 July 2025
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Park Chan Uk, who is VP of live entertainment for CJ ENM, said KCON strives to curate different genres and artist types.—
Abigail Lee,
Variety,
2 Aug. 2025
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Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) strives to provide encryption algorithms that are resilient to quantum attacks.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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As Elia trudged down the left-field line to the clubhouse after the game, a dozen or so alleged Cub fans doused Moreland with stale beer and hurled verbal abuse at Larry Bowa.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
11 July 2025
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By the time the couple trudged to the living room, less than 10 minutes later, the water had risen to their knees.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
8 July 2025
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Silver floral detailing crawled along the right hip of the gown and the left side of Lohan’s midsection.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
31 July 2025
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Ever since Google emerged as the home page of the Web in the early 2000s, media outlets operated under the assumption that Google would reliably crawl their sites and send audience their way.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
31 July 2025
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Reed and Sue, of course, refuse, so the Fantastic Four try to rally humanity and get ready for Galactus to stomp around Manhattan, Godzilla style.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
22 July 2025
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The bird didn’t let up until the man basically stomped its head down on the ground and held it there.—
Joshua Rapp Learn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 July 2025
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“Plod.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plod. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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