as in labor
very hard or unpleasant work
the donkeywork involved in setting up one's own start-up software firm
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Noun
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If stricter immigration policies are enforced, this could lead to a construction labor shortage, further complicating housing affordability.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025 -
The Smith Act trials sounded the death knell for the nineteen-thirties Popular Front, when Communists, Socialists, progressives, and liberals had worked together—or at least tried to—on issues such as antifascism, racial justice, and labor rights.—
Beverly Gage,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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And yet, from the ACLU to the Washington Post and the New York Times, the institutional guardians of the Left made a concerted effort to cede those causes to the mosh posh of crunchy anti-war peaceniks, classical conservatives, frat bros, and ordinary Americans who make up MAGA.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
28 Feb. 2025
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This transformation requires a conscious effort to rethink decision-making, leadership development and financial strategy.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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But opposition to the expansion of slavery was the unifying principle of the young Republican Party.—
Jeffrey Schmitt,
The Conversation,
28 Feb. 2025
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Until right before the Civil War, the politics of statehood closely tracked the nation's antebellum divide over slavery.—
Geoffrey Skelley,
ABC News,
26 Feb. 2025
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Kansas has to do a good job communicating on ball screens — a struggle at various points this season — and force Texas Tech to take tough shots.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
1 Mar. 2025
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At that point, Zelenskyy interjected, bringing up the struggles his country has faced over the last decade, prompting Vance and Trump to shout at the Ukrainian president.—
Molly Nagle,
ABC News,
1 Mar. 2025
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Investigations into the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster revealed that key decision-makers worked on little sleep, raising concerns that fatigue impaired their judgment.—
Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse,
The Conversation,
7 Mar. 2025
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In addition, heavy exercise done while experiencing a respiratory viral illness can lead to chronic fatigue and even exacerbate myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart muscle, according to a 2021 study published in the journal BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine.—
Melanie Radzicki McManus,
CNN,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Andreeva’s curly blond hair was slicked back into a braid, and sweat dotted her teal outfit.—
Louisa Thomas,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2025
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The company can collect saliva or sweat samples from clients like the young boy.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Pap’s individual birthday post to himself was more focused on his grind.—
Marc Griffin,
VIBE.com,
5 Mar. 2025
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Add tomatoes, lentils, stock, coconut milk, ½ tsp salt, and several grinds of black pepper.—
Angelica Stabile,
Fox News,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Traven Sharon stalked the center mat at Ball Arena Saturday night with two letters and a number, faded by sweat and toil — BB1 — scribbled on the outside of his left shoe.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2025
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Too much mainstream music now sees itself as a refuge from real-world toils.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Donkeywork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/donkeywork. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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