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as in shambling
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as in plodding
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as in shuffling
to move heavily or clumsily
the elephant lumbered through the jungle
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as in stumbling
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 loading
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 lumbering
Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 8 Dec. 2024
The few fans who showed up were cheering the massive young man lumbering toward the scorer’s table to check into the game against Cal State Fullerton for the first time.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2024
Its lumbering, gross-out finale, in particular, is a problem, not so much blasting past the limits of good taste as grinding away at achieving bad taste.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 29 Sep. 2024
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For a while, the team sits together in the truck, watching in companionable silence as the lumbering giants disappear, one by one, into the trees.
—Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 8 Dec. 2024
The few fans who showed up were cheering the massive young man lumbering toward the scorer’s table to check into the game against Cal State Fullerton for the first time.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2024
Its lumbering, gross-out finale, in particular, is a problem, not so much blasting past the limits of good taste as grinding away at achieving bad taste.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 29 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lumbering
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In addition, both received the Order of the British Empire in different years (2003 and 2017, respectively), and some tabloid media are shuffling the possibility of their knighthood.Nuria Luis, Glamour, 4 Dec. 2024
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James has been shuffling between the Lakers and the G League as Los Angeles tries to work out a plan to give him time for development.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2024
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The students were seen on security footage from November 11 loading the refrigerators into their vehicles.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
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Very often, a gunner isn't sure about exactly which ammunition will be needed on a particular mission, so erring on the side of caution means loading up with more than one kind in the feed belt, just in case an armor-piercing round is needed instead of shrapnel.David Szondy, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2024
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Ah yes, the most First World of First World problems: Shouldering the inconvenience of cumbersome tech installation.Mitch Wallace, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Crossing Times Square in a ball gown with a cumbersome hoop skirt isn’t easy, for example, but Adams found a way to turn it into a motif.Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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During an interview with detectives, Lambeth admitted to punching, stomping and strangling Howells, court documents stated.Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024
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Combs’ homes were raided in March, and in May, CNN obtained harrowing hotel surveillance video showing Combs throwing, kicking, stomping and dragging Ventura in the hallway of the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles in 2016.Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2024
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The governor said the expansion will help keep more projects in the state and increase economic activity at a time when Hollywood studios are struggling to bounce back from pandemic losses and strikes.Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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The 49ers had dropped three games in a row before bouncing back Sunday against the struggling Chicago Bears.Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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Confession might ease your mind but at the expense of burdening another.Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
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Babin is chair of the space and aeronautics subcommittee and has conducted CHIPS and Science Act oversight hearings where he's warned against burdening local governments and industry partners with cumbersome regulations and paperwork.Maria Curi, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
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Conclusion As companies head toward 2025, adapting quickly to change, filling leadership vacuums and continuing to govern ethically will be key to finding success in the new year.Jon Michail, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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In the meantime, the Pacers will need to find a way to keep filling their center minutes with limited options.Tony East, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Because both actors look like lumpish proletarian versions of Ingmar Bergman stars — Alma Pöysti, radiant yet benumbed, plays Ansa like a dish-towel Bibi Andersson, and Jussi Vatanen could be the schlump brother of Max von Sydow (with a dollop of Ryan Gosling).Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 May 2023
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Their bodies range from eely, jawless lampreys to flattened flounders to huge, lumpish ocean sunfish.Bob Holmes, Discover Magazine, 21 May 2018
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“Lumbering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lumbering. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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