peg (away)

verb

Definition of peg (away)next
as in to labor
to devote serious and sustained effort the writer pegged away at his first novel for three years before he felt that it was ready to be published

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  1. labor
  2. struggle
  3. strive
  4. work
Verb
  • Sutton’s been laboring on a full remodel of their Kansas City, Kansas, house near The Legends since August.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Excited by the ability to build without wrecking the atmosphere (as much), timber’s apostles have labored to normalize it in large-scale construction.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of labor
Verb
  • Walgreens, Rite Aid, Bench Commission, Dunia closures Pharmacy chains are struggling, too.
    David Staats, Idaho Statesman, 11 Jan. 2025
  • With leading scorer Walter Clayton Jr. struggling to a season-low 7 points, backup Denzel Aberdeen had a season-high 16 points.
    Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of struggle
Verb
  • Reporters have long strived to not do so and mostly succeeded.
    George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • This parallels the experience in Ukraine, where drone makers have been striving to establish local production, increasingly been making batteries and other components themselves.
    David Hambling, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of strive
Verb
  • Do just one exercise, for 30-60 seconds, then continue working.
    Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • This is not a Republican or Democratic issue, this is a bipartisan middle finger to those who just want to go to work and live a semi-decent life.
    Letters to the Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of work
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