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as in shuffling
to move heavily or clumsily
flooded residents who were forced to trudge through waist-deep water
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as in stumbling
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 trudging
They were left operating on fumes by the end, with Ollie Watkins — Duran’s replacement — starved of service and Morgan Rogers consigned to trudging off the pitch, knowing his long dribbling bursts would have scant options ahead of him.
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Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
Standard time brings more sunshine to earlier hours, insuring that children are not trudging to school in cold-weather darkness.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024
Lewis Dunk trudging off miserably down the tunnel at full time reflected the Brighton disappointment.
—Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
The ones on sleds congregated on the side table in the dining room, which had a surface of snow-like white marble, and the ones lugging sacks occupied the living room coffee table, as though trudging down from the North Pole.
—Andrew Solomon, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2024
The Dakota boots are armored in waterproof rubber and have a rugged outsole, so trudging through sleet and snow is no issue.
—Emily Weaver, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024
Essentially, a slowing job market and economic conditions that are still too tight for comfort mean hiring is likely to keep trudging for a while longer.
—Rob Wile, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2024
My boots were dusty from trudging through vineyards.
—Megan Lloyd, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2024
His England side though barely got out of second gear in South Africa and were eliminated from the 2010 World Cup in the round of 16 after trudging through the group stage with draws against the USA and Algeria.
—Steve Price, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
Standard time brings more sunshine to earlier hours, insuring that children are not trudging to school in cold-weather darkness.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024
Lewis Dunk trudging off miserably down the tunnel at full time reflected the Brighton disappointment.
—Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
The ones on sleds congregated on the side table in the dining room, which had a surface of snow-like white marble, and the ones lugging sacks occupied the living room coffee table, as though trudging down from the North Pole.
—Andrew Solomon, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2024
The Dakota boots are armored in waterproof rubber and have a rugged outsole, so trudging through sleet and snow is no issue.
—Emily Weaver, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024
Essentially, a slowing job market and economic conditions that are still too tight for comfort mean hiring is likely to keep trudging for a while longer.
—Rob Wile, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2024
My boots were dusty from trudging through vineyards.
—Megan Lloyd, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2024
His England side though barely got out of second gear in South Africa and were eliminated from the 2010 World Cup in the round of 16 after trudging through the group stage with draws against the USA and Algeria.
—Steve Price, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trudging
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But the $12 billion decline in his fortune has more to do with asset shuffling than stock price movement.Julie Goldenberg, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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James has been shuffling back and forth between the NBA and the G League.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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But because of passenger complaints and the need to revitalize a struggling tourist economy, the government adopted new regulations last month that will force a change in these habits.Natasha Frost, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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In those 1930s films, the fast-talking lovers and schemers acknowledged the struggling world around them, if quietly (few films beyond Gold Diggers of 1933 made explicit reference to economic turmoil).Eric Kohn, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
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After easily stopping Thanos and Nam-gyu from curb-stomping Ming-gyu at lunch, In-ho earns a lot of people’s respect.Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
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In a similar vein, Malloy’s musical score is almost anonymously eclectic — wistful ballads, stomping pop, a smattering of EDM — but threaded through with enough strains of Russian folk and klezmer to suggest a sense of place.Houman Barekat, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Trudging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trudging. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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