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as in to shuffle
to move heavily or clumsily
the elephant lumbered through the jungle
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as in to stumble
to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually
the novel's plot lumbers to its predictable conclusion after 500 long pages
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as in to load
to place a weight or burden on
preparations that will lumber the expedition with unnecessary equipment and supplies
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Recent Examples of lumber
Adam Williams, New Atlas, 9 Aug. 2024
Erasmus Nagle, who made his in lumber, cattle and groceries, spent $50,000 building what is now known as The Nagle Warren Mansion in 1888.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 29 Sep. 2024
Victor then lumbers toward a metal bear box and past a woman standing on a tree trunk.
—Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2024
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Noun
However, modern mass timber (such as glulam and cross-laminated timber) isn't like traditional lumber.
—Adam Williams, New Atlas, 9 Aug. 2024
Erasmus Nagle, who made his in lumber, cattle and groceries, spent $50,000 building what is now known as The Nagle Warren Mansion in 1888.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Verb
Its lumbering, gross-out finale, in particular, is a problem, not so much blasting past the limits of good taste as grinding away at achieving bad taste.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 29 Sep. 2024
Victor then lumbers toward a metal bear box and past a woman standing on a tree trunk.
—Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lumber
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Photo: Houlihan Lawrence Inc. The floor-to-ceiling windows in this listing photo of the living room open up into the woods.Clio Chang, Curbed, 8 Nov. 2024
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The neighbor also later heard yelling coming from nearby woods.Antonio Planas, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Once the road trip ends, Bronny will be shuffling between the G-League and the main Lakers roster.David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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These relationships shuffle among the large, contentious staff — Mexican, white, Italian, black, Muslim, Albanian, and Dominican, a panoply of types whose individuality keeps the action lively, timely, yet unpredictable.Armond White, National Review, 30 Oct. 2024
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Surveyors reportedly stumbled upon the endangered bees during an environmental review of the area, forcing regulators to suspend the project.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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In the fall of 2022, a Princeton University graduate student named Carolina Figueiredo stumbled onto a massive coincidence.Charlie Wood, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
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Derrick Henry rumbles into the end zone for a 6-yard touchdown.Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024
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Songs rumbled, zigzagged, marched, whipsawed, pounced, crawled.Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2024
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The Steelers, who enter Week 10 at 6-2 and in first place in the AFC North, are loading up ahead of Tuesday's deadline to aid a postseason run.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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The checkup process will start as soon as the tool has loaded, having already analyzed the necessary settings in the background while doing so.Davey Winder, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Mars family dealt in timber, cattle, medicine, and the law.Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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Often the trees are logged and exported as timber, the price of which has quadrupled in the past four decades.Simi Thambi, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Instead of stomping their feet, her parents could simply say her name.Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2024
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Dinosaurs stomp past, ice ages come and go, indigenous people hunt for food.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
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Thus, consumption of THCV can be beneficial for those who struggle with weight gain and/or food craving.Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Historians are struggling to recover their inexpressible secrets.Erin Maglaque, The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 2024
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“Lumber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lumber. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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