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
Tom and Roy spend a lot of time trudging through heaping piles of snow or jumping into a lake that looks abominably cold.
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Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2025
Thousands of poor, tired, anonymous Montgomery women and men, who trudged through winter’s inclement weather and summer’s blistering heat for 381 days, made that boycott a success.
—Paul L. Newman, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2025
There’s an air of feast or famine at Newcastle United, who were trudging through a run of two wins from 11 league games at the start of December.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Social media images geolocated by CNN appear to show massive flames and smoke in the dark skies as workers trudge through the snow evacuating from the fiery building.
—Jennifer Hauser, CNN, 11 Jan. 2025
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Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2025
Thousands of poor, tired, anonymous Montgomery women and men, who trudged through winter’s inclement weather and summer’s blistering heat for 381 days, made that boycott a success.
—Paul L. Newman, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2025
There’s an air of feast or famine at Newcastle United, who were trudging through a run of two wins from 11 league games at the start of December.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Social media images geolocated by CNN appear to show massive flames and smoke in the dark skies as workers trudge through the snow evacuating from the fiery building.
—Jennifer Hauser, CNN, 11 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trudge
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The plan involved shuffling around existing crew assignments to free up two of the four seats on a SpaceX capsule that launched in late September, so that Wilmore and Williams could occupy the seats on the return trip.—
Denise Chow,
NBC News,
20 Feb. 2025
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For all of the conversation late last year analyzing how quickly Sporting KC might be able to shuffle the chairs — or even Vermes praising the way his team played Wednesday — a swap at striker, a swap in the mentality at striker, transcends everything else.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
20 Feb. 2025
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Skype won attention in the 2000s for giving people a way to talk without paying the phone company, but stumbled in the mobile era and didn’t enjoy a major resurgence during the pandemic.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2025
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However, the Indian stock market has stumbled recently, with the BSE 500 shedding 19% from its recent peak last September—this after climbing 14.8% in 2024 and 25.1% in 2023.—
Garth Friesen,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Warren’s deep, husky voice frees himself from the blame of an unhealthy relationship over a stomping piano beat.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
21 Jan. 2025
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Boston stomped the competition last season en route to winning their record 18th NBA championship.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
1 Feb. 2025
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Shares have struggled this month, losing 7% in part due to rising trade tensions.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2025
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Why is Skype Shutting Down? Skype, which Microsoft acquired for $8.5 billion back in 2011, has struggled to maintain relevance in the face of competition from apps like Zoom, WhatsApp, and FaceTime.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Trudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trudge. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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