1
as in to shuffle
to move heavily or clumsily
flooded residents who were forced to trudge through waist-deep water
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as in to stumble
to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually
no expert on taxes, I spent the whole weekend trudging through government forms
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Recent Examples of trudge
When the final buzzer sounded on a 124-94 series-clinching victory by the Thunder, the Timberwolves trudged off the court with a stain on an otherwise impressive season.
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Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 29 May 2025
The founders of Chime trudged into Amino Capital's bare-bones office early one Saturday morning in the summer of 2013, steeling themselves for disappointment.
—Stephen Pastis, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Visitors who trudge up a conventional staircase open the front door into a foyer filled with lamps that Crout collected over 20 years.
—Tim Crout, Curbed, 1 May 2025
That creates some potential for real disruption and eliminates the possibility of the strong people banding together and boringly trudging to the finale side by gym-toned side.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2025
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Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 29 May 2025
The founders of Chime trudged into Amino Capital's bare-bones office early one Saturday morning in the summer of 2013, steeling themselves for disappointment.
—Stephen Pastis, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Visitors who trudge up a conventional staircase open the front door into a foyer filled with lamps that Crout collected over 20 years.
—Tim Crout, Curbed, 1 May 2025
That creates some potential for real disruption and eliminates the possibility of the strong people banding together and boringly trudging to the finale side by gym-toned side.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trudge
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The Discovery+ streaming service will be shuffled into the Global Networks company.—
Stephen Battaglio,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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Boys as young as 10 are shuffling around, carrying trays of flour, starch and pistachios — undistracted by this reporting team's presence.—
Fatma Tanis,
NPR,
7 June 2025
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While sorting through storage in their Rhode Island studio to prep those reissues, Ivy stumbled upon a treasure trove of reel-to-reel tapes and old hard drives with unused material.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
4 June 2025
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On a remote island in northern Norway, metal detectorists stumbled upon a pair of bronze treasures.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2025
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Accounts Samsung Confirms Upgrade Choice—Galaxy Users Must Now Decide In the spring, males would gather in leks and perform dramatic dances, puffing out orange air sacs on their necks and stomping their feet to show dominance and vitality.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Fifteen kids happily stomp their sneakers to the count.—
John Burnett,
NPR,
7 June 2025
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Command and control continue to haunt Cleveland Guardians right-hander, Triston McKenzie. McKenzie, 27, struggled mightily in his brief appearances with the Guardians this season.—
Bernie Pleskoff,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Both ended up struggling to hold their country together, let alone effect the changes that their activist supporters had hoped to see.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
4 June 2025
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“Trudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trudge. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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