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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
Doha Madani, NBC news, 20 May 2025
The resilient home improvement market Home Depot, so far, has not faced big new costs from additional lumber tariffs, thanks to a separate deal with Canada.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 20 May 2025
Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
At 6-foot-7, 225 pounds, Marshall bullies smaller defenders in the paint and feasts on lumbering bigs on the perimeter.
—Stan Son, The Athletic, 5 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Wendt played a man selling lumber when the mischievous children were trying to rebuild their clubhouse.
—Doha Madani, NBC news, 20 May 2025
The resilient home improvement market Home Depot, so far, has not faced big new costs from additional lumber tariffs, thanks to a separate deal with Canada.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 20 May 2025
Verb
Then, on March 13, a trail camera set up by photographer Trent Sizemore in nearby West Yellowstone, Montana, captured a grizzly lumbering across the snow, reports PetaPixel’s Pesala Bandara.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
At 6-foot-7, 225 pounds, Marshall bullies smaller defenders in the paint and feasts on lumbering bigs on the perimeter.
—Stan Son, The Athletic, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lumber
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Defaulted Student Loan Borrowers Are Not Out Of The Woods While the announcement may be welcome news for the nearly half a million federal student loan borrowers who receive Social Security benefits, borrowers are not out of the woods.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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Officials later reopened the highway after the zebra disappeared into the woods.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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The team then trained three seals–Nick, Luca, and Miro–to shuffle into place in front of a large screen and showed them the simulations.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
29 May 2025
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The next generation's most exciting opportunities won't be found in shuffling digital information but in reimagining the physical world.—
Richard Lebovitz,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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No one stumbled into creating a billion dollar company, gingerly broke a world record, or cautiously planned and lived their peak life.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Per a fan video, at one point during the show, after spinning his microphone and tossing it towards the audience, Joel appeared to stumble, falling backwards and landing on his side.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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Gorillas make a deep, friendly rumbling to signal all is well.—
The Learning Network,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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Zoom in: As severe thunderstorms rumbled along the East Coast on Monday, the National Weather Service faced the possibility of losing its ability to bring satellite and observational data into forecast offices in a timely manner, starting at midnight, current and former NOAA staff told Axios.—
Andrew Freedman,
Axios,
1 Apr. 2025
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With the bases now loaded and no one out, Cole started to rear back.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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Anthony Volpe couldn't make the throw to third base, and the Dodgers suddenly had the bases loaded and nobody out.—
Noah Camras,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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But instead of the feds picking up the full cost of the clean up, as has been the case after major storms that defy any one state’s capacity to get roads back open and mountains of shattered timber out of leveled neighborhoods, the feds’ share is going to notch down to 90% of the cost.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
29 May 2025
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Xcel Energy plans to leave 1800 Larimer, built in 2009, this June for T3 RiNo, a new six-story mass timber building, also in RiNo.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
29 May 2025
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In a world where we’re constantly reminded that physical media is dead — that the future is just algorithms stomping our faces, forever — the fact that the Criterion Closet has gone viral suggests that all is not lost.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
29 May 2025
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No one could agree on whether the brawl of as many as nine young men was limited to fists or if its participants were also kicking and stomping.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 May 2025
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That built him a three-shot lead entering Sunday's final round. Midway through his final 18, Scheffler was struggling.—
Kendall Capps,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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Rob Crossan January 17, 2025 Marketed as a luxury tourist destination, the Maldives struggles with the legacy of an authoritarian government and the existential threat of climate change.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
23 May 2025
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“Lumber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lumber. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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