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noun

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Recent Examples of slog
Verb
Loading your audio article Tropical Storm Sara is forecast to slog its way into Central America this weekend but lose organization before its remnants make their way into the Gulf of Mexico and get sucked back to the east toward Florida next week. Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Nov. 2024 The Terps slogged to one of their worst finishes under coach Brenda Frese last season with a roster held back by injuries and strange fits. Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
The scene at Citi Field worsened on Thursday during a slog of a 7-6 loss to the Athletics. Will Sammon, The Athletic, 15 Aug. 2024 Then a slog of a sophomore year — until the Tar Heels turned into a rocket ship and manufactured one of the most miraculous Final Four runs in March Madness history. Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for slog 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slog
Verb
  • Holguin hit 4 of 7 of her 3-pointer attempts to help the Lightning finish with eight overall.
    Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Since the Arenado trade, McMahon has locked down the hot corner for the Rockies while hitting .243 in his career.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • But these same models sometimes struggle with basic tasks, like arithmetic or writing metered poetry.
    Kevin Roose, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Despite prior efforts to offer retention bonuses, the BOP has struggled to retain employees in the face of mounting challenges.
    Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • If pets do go outside, Aitken recommended wiping their paws with a wet towel or baby wipes to ensure any soot is removed, to stop them from licking it off.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Wipe paws off after walking outdoors with a wet washcloth or baby wipes to prevent pets from licking soot off of their feet after coming inside.
    Geoffrey Eisler, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • As he’s been awaiting trial in Charlotte since his arrest in 2012 on a first-degree murder charge, Perkins has been shuffled between the Mecklenburg County jail, Broughton Hospital, Central Prison, and Central Regional Hospital dozens of times.
    Kallie Cox, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025
  • His defensive concentration — happy to shuffle players out wide and contain them in one-v-one duels — makes Reis an interesting potential option as a right-back for Guardiola, who often opts for four centre-backs across the defence.
    Thom Harris, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • His innie, unaware of this grief, toils in Lumon’s enigmatic Macrodata Refinement department (MDR), disillusioned with the monotony, the secrecy and the repressiveness of Lumon’s operations.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Just Ask Xero is an AI co-pilot designed with the single purpose of reducing customer toil, or time spent on monotonous financial administration tasks.
    Jeffrey Hammond, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • At the time, the two were taking a nature walk near Gabriel's grandparents’ property.
    David Chiu, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Spend your days exploring the great outdoors on nature walks, blissed out at the spa on the property, or sampling entrees and desserts at the on-site restaurant–all within plain view of the Hudson river.
    Rachel Fletcher, Architectural Digest, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Barkley smacked them for 296 yards and four TDs in the regular season.
    Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2025
  • During that period, Ichiro smacked 2,533 of his 3,089 Major League hits, ranking him 25th on MLB’s all-time hits list.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 21 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • There are no heroes here, just Kidman fully immersing herself in a character for whom every action is an attack, for whom every word is a wheeze, and for whom every movement looks labored.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2025
  • It’s been almost a calendar year since the Sixers have seen that Embiid, the one who’s active on both ends of the floor, instead of laboring up and down.
    Tony Jones, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024

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“Slog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slog. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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