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as in laboring
to devote serious and sustained effort
spent the afternoon sweating over her tax returns
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as in worrying
to experience concern or anxiety
don't sweat over getting the application in a day late, as it probably doesn't matter
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as in dripping
to flow forth slowly through small openings
the oil coat may sweat through this varnish
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as in interrogating
slang
to put a series of questions to
the narcotics squad tried sweating the mule, but he was genuinely clueless about the inner workings of the drug operation
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Recent Examples of sweating
Lone Stars sweating in hands, couples moving in confident, circular patterns as if they were born knowing when to turn.
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Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 10 Feb. 2026
That didn’t mean Valerie Bradley was sweating Honnold’s date with Netflix and a Taiwanese skyscraper.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Ryan Weathers had just finished throwing a bullpen and sweating in a sauna when Peter Bendix, the Marlins’ president of baseball operations, called him on Tuesday.
—Gary Phillips, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2026
Already, some industry observers are sweating at what that might portend, given that the WGA can safely be called the most aggressive union of the three.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 16 Jan. 2026
Ryan Weathers had just finished throwing a bullpen and sweating in a sauna when Peter Bendix, the Marlins’ president of baseball operations, called him on Tuesday.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026
Perhaps as a result, Republicans aren’t sweating the Kelly groundswell among Democrats.
—Amie Parnes, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2026
Amid noise that Neon is for sale in a motion picture industry that’s shrinking with Warner Bros bound to get acquired, the indie distribution label’s co-founder and CEO Tom Quinn isn’t sweating any of this.
—Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 11 Jan. 2026
The snowy holiday season in the Upper Midwest and Northeast comes as springlike warmth continues in much of the nation's midsection and South, where record high temperatures had Santa sweating in recent days.
—Arkansas Online, 29 Dec. 2025
Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 10 Feb. 2026
That didn’t mean Valerie Bradley was sweating Honnold’s date with Netflix and a Taiwanese skyscraper.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Ryan Weathers had just finished throwing a bullpen and sweating in a sauna when Peter Bendix, the Marlins’ president of baseball operations, called him on Tuesday.
—Gary Phillips, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2026
Already, some industry observers are sweating at what that might portend, given that the WGA can safely be called the most aggressive union of the three.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 16 Jan. 2026
Ryan Weathers had just finished throwing a bullpen and sweating in a sauna when Peter Bendix, the Marlins’ president of baseball operations, called him on Tuesday.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026
Perhaps as a result, Republicans aren’t sweating the Kelly groundswell among Democrats.
—Amie Parnes, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2026
Amid noise that Neon is for sale in a motion picture industry that’s shrinking with Warner Bros bound to get acquired, the indie distribution label’s co-founder and CEO Tom Quinn isn’t sweating any of this.
—Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 11 Jan. 2026
The snowy holiday season in the Upper Midwest and Northeast comes as springlike warmth continues in much of the nation's midsection and South, where record high temperatures had Santa sweating in recent days.
—Arkansas Online, 29 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sweating
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The son of a medical-gas plumber who worked night shifts, Darnold just kept laboring at his craft.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
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In the summer of 2024, UNICEF’s representative in Congo suggested that 361,000 children might be laboring in mines in southern Congo, though this number seems implausibly high and drew quick opprobrium from Congolese NGOs that work on the issue.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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But then over here, rumblings about the future of the company and people worrying what does this mean not only for themselves but for the prospects of Rolling Stone, which is a life mantra and mission that people came from all over the world to be a part of.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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Boaters who call North Point Marina their homeport during the boating season can stop worrying over where to moor their vessels.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2026
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Medel wedged himself through the strands and handed empty fertilizer bags dripping blue liquid out to Gabriel.—
Rachel Becker,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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Cue a thunderclap and a statue of Jesus dripping a tear of blood.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
7 Feb. 2026
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Other major Jewish groups that conduct population surveys have in the past typically avoided closely interrogating Jewish opinions about Zionism.—
Andrew Lapin,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Feb. 2026
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The frontier is instead ideological, about interrogating how to reconcile a complex world into something comprehensible when doing the opposite seems easier.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2026
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Bear, struggling with drug addiction, had no one urging her to fight the state’s case.—
Raynee Howell,
Oklahoma Watch,
9 Feb. 2026
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He’s trapped in rolling crises of his own making and is struggling to sell voters on the idea of a strong American economy.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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China will be fretting over freestyle skier Eileen Gu, who fell short of gold at the Beijing Games four years ago.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2026
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Maybe fretting over fading attention spans is a self-fulfilling prophecy.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
4 Feb. 2026
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It had been edited, presumably using generative AI, to show the arrestee as weeping uncontrollably.—
Donald Moynihan,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2026
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Le started weeping and embraced Ewing, as the parents and students wiped their eyes alongside him.—
Jessica Ma,
Dallas Morning News,
27 Jan. 2026
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University of Chicago researchers have begun examining data collected by a device transported by a NASA balloon that flew over Antarctica for 23 days.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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But human physicians are still required to do the bulk of the work – like making diagnoses, physically examining patients and writing reports.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Sweating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sweating. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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