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as in to hit
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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as in to struggle
to devote serious and sustained effort
slogging their way through a pile of paperwork
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as in to lick
to strike repeatedly
the feisty woman was still slogging her would-be attacker when the police arrived
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as in to shuffle
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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as in toil
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Recent Examples of slog
Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024
Thousands of Loudmouths returned to slog through the sloppy Highland Festival Grounds for rock, crowd surfing, and more on the final day Louder Than Life in Louisville on Sunday.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 30 Sep. 2024
Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Oct. 2024
For much of this year, such sights had been rare, with Kershaw sidelined by an offseason shoulder surgery and stuck in a tedious slog of a nine-month rehabilitation program.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
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Verb
These guys slog through 162 games, not 82, only to be faced with a playoff format now so bloated that — this being baseball — the best team might not win, let alone reach the World Series (see: 2023, Texas Rangers, Arizona Diamondbacks).
—Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024
Thousands of Loudmouths returned to slog through the sloppy Highland Festival Grounds for rock, crowd surfing, and more on the final day Louder Than Life in Louisville on Sunday.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 30 Sep. 2024
Noun
Most of those are delivered in the 51-minute fifth episode, a flashback-heavy slog that abandons the reasonably brisk pacing that was previously the drama’s main asset.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Oct. 2024
For much of this year, such sights had been rare, with Kershaw sidelined by an offseason shoulder surgery and stuck in a tedious slog of a nine-month rehabilitation program.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slog
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But the latest model still pushes battery life to lengths few machines have hit in our testing, with an unprecedented 28 hours and 33 minutes of video playback time.Brian Westover, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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There was no immediate report of casualties or details on what was hit.Reuters, NBC News, 7 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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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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Nomi Malone licking the stripper pole in Showgirls?Lily Burana, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
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In the series premiere, Rio licked Agatha’s hand in a sapphic (and slightly blood-play oriented) moment of intimacy, and the two also had an almost-kiss at the end of episode four.Quispe López, Them, 31 Oct. 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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Life itself, with all its toil, drudgery, tragedy, and pain, is weighty enough.Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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In addition to being a great way to attract young talent to an agricultural career this is turning out to be a great way to reduce the cost and undesirable toil of hand weeding – particularly in things like leafy vegetable crops.Steven Savage, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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As Pennsylvanians head to some nine thousand polling places to cast votes that are likely to decide the country’s future, go for a walk.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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At the end of their walk, they were met by the Mayor of Cape Town Geordin Hill-Lewis.Simon Perry, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Last night Prospect Park, smack in the middle of Brooklyn, caught fire.Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 9 Nov. 2024
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Director Bruce Goodison applies the tension well in the first two thirds of this efficient Shudder release, but then the plot smacks into a dead-end in its final act.Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Doctors are known for laboring under brutal schedules but a new generation wants more of a work-life balance.Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
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In Game 3, Freeman had a fifth-inning single but was removed in the eighth while laboring at the plate.Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Slog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slog. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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