1
as in hitting
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
the two boxers were so exhausted they just slogged each other indiscriminately
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2
as in laboring
to devote serious and sustained effort
slogging their way through a pile of paperwork
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3
as in pounding
to strike repeatedly
the feisty woman was still slogging her would-be attacker when the police arrived
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4
as in shuffling
to move heavily or clumsily
Gramps never tired of telling how he had to slog through the snow in order to get to school
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Recent Examples of slogging
So a familiar roster with a familiar coaching staff slogging through a nightmarish first month only intensifies the scrutiny.
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Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
For ski bums looking to hit the Colorado slopes without slogging through I-70 traffic, there’s no better destination than Winter Park.
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Sarah Cahalan,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Mar. 2026
So, is California’s unemployment market slogging along or flopping into a quagmire of job cuts?
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Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
4 Mar. 2026
So what's the worst part of slogging your keister around?
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Outside Online,
18 Feb. 2026
Series creator and writer Chris Chibnall (Broadchurch, Doctor Who) has wisely chosen to emphasize the emotional hangover so many families were slogging their way through in 1925.
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Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
15 Jan. 2026
To those who aren’t themselves slogging through the dating apps, the fact that more potential partners makes things harder might seem counterintuitive.
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Judd B. Kessler,
CNBC,
17 Dec. 2025
Now, instead of slogging onward with no sense of progress, job seekers can build on small but necessary achievements to gain some glide.
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Amy Lindgren,
Twin Cities,
22 Nov. 2025
From 2020 through 2025, Miami finished in the bottom four in pace every season, slogging through games in the half-court.
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Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
21 Nov. 2025
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
For ski bums looking to hit the Colorado slopes without slogging through I-70 traffic, there’s no better destination than Winter Park.
—
Sarah Cahalan,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Mar. 2026
So, is California’s unemployment market slogging along or flopping into a quagmire of job cuts?
—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
4 Mar. 2026
So what's the worst part of slogging your keister around?
—
Outside Online,
18 Feb. 2026
Series creator and writer Chris Chibnall (Broadchurch, Doctor Who) has wisely chosen to emphasize the emotional hangover so many families were slogging their way through in 1925.
—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
15 Jan. 2026
To those who aren’t themselves slogging through the dating apps, the fact that more potential partners makes things harder might seem counterintuitive.
—
Judd B. Kessler,
CNBC,
17 Dec. 2025
Now, instead of slogging onward with no sense of progress, job seekers can build on small but necessary achievements to gain some glide.
—
Amy Lindgren,
Twin Cities,
22 Nov. 2025
From 2020 through 2025, Miami finished in the bottom four in pace every season, slogging through games in the half-court.
—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
21 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slogging
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Leveraged ETFs that aim to amplify SpaceX’s performance by providing double the returns (or losses) are already hitting the market.
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Ahead of the impending heat wave hitting the Pittsburgh area, Allegheny County officials have activated a Code Red Heat Advisory for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
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The infant had been trapped for almost three days; a team of rescuers from Fairfax, Virginia, had been laboring to reach the boy, who was nine months old, for at least six hours.
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In the days since posting the news, Mitchell has continued to update her followers about the aftermath and the start of the healing process, including videos of herself laboring.
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Be mesmerized by the dazzling lasers and pulse-pounding tunes from the movie in this unforgettable experience.
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An apartment surveillance video captured a man pounding on the window, before Davis gave him a key.
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Enola dutifully trudges between clues and possibilities, shuffling through crime scenes and racing around shady spaces, all of this much more paint-by-numbers than connect-the-dots.
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Colombia is trying its luck from distance, but Costa has been equal to each shot, first punching away Jefferson Lerma's rocket from the right, about 25 yards out, and then shuffling his feet to his left and catching Jhon Arias's shot from about the same distance.
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There was briefly some concern earlier this year that Chestnut wouldn’t be able to participate in the 2026 competition after he was arrested for allegedly slapping a man in an Indiana bar.
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Chestnut competed in the event while serving a 180-day probation sentence after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge stemming from drunkenly slapping a man in an Indiana bar earlier this year.
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Trump taking the country to war with Iran, in part at the urging of his pal Bibi — without any sensible plan, debate, sanction from Congress or consideration as to how this might hurt Americans already struggling to make ends meet.
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The rules were altered in 2004 at the urging of Algeria, which was struggling to field a competitive national team with wholly domestic players and saw dozens of better prospects from the diaspora living in France.
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But the Carolinas have their own ways of making barbecue finger-licking.
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France’s Kylian Mbappé and Ousmane Dembélé, who each already have four goals in the tournament, will be licking their lips.
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has also fallen foul of Germany’s World Cup elimination by Paraguay, after stumbling into a social media debacle following a communications blunder.
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There's been some stumbling plays, thwarted by tripping and dramatic falls.
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“Slogging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slogging. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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