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as in headaches
a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work
one of the labors of Hercules in classical mythology was to clean out the stables of King Augeas
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as in efforts
the active use of energy in producing a result
a superhuman amount of labor must have gone into designing and building the pyramids of Egypt
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as in toils
very hard or unpleasant work
a political dissident forced to do six months of hard labor in the salt mines as punishment
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as in childbirths
the act or process of giving birth to children
the mother's labor lasted for six hours
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as in products
something produced by physical or intellectual effort
a small, personal film that was clearly a labor of love for the director and actors
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as in struggles
to devote serious and sustained effort
the young lawyer labored most of the weekend over the difficult legal brief
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“Labors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/labors. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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