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Early spadework for the new batch of projects also dates back to the City of Cleveland’s 2004 Waterfront District Plan.
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Steven Litt, cleveland, 26 Feb. 2022
This was Biden’s third such visit to a House battleground in eight days, as the White House has married the president’s summer sales pitch for his infrastructure plans in Congress to Democrats’ political spadework ahead of the 2022 election.
—Eli Stokols Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2021
The rationale was that this laborious spadework brought loamy topsoil down to subsoil level to promote deep rooting, relieved soil compaction and allowed the gardener to improve both sandy and clay soils by adding compost.
—Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 14 July 2021
It’s vital political spadework ahead of next year’s midterm elections, which traditionally favor the party out of the White House.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2021
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Steven Litt, cleveland, 26 Feb. 2022
This was Biden’s third such visit to a House battleground in eight days, as the White House has married the president’s summer sales pitch for his infrastructure plans in Congress to Democrats’ political spadework ahead of the 2022 election.
—Eli Stokols Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2021
The rationale was that this laborious spadework brought loamy topsoil down to subsoil level to promote deep rooting, relieved soil compaction and allowed the gardener to improve both sandy and clay soils by adding compost.
—Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 14 July 2021
It’s vital political spadework ahead of next year’s midterm elections, which traditionally favor the party out of the White House.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spadework
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During September’s presidential debate, Trump clashed with Harris over funding efforts, with Harris accusing Trump of being prepared to abandon consistent U.S. support for Ukraine .Sean Conlon, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Vegas Justice League was presented with a key to the Las Vegas Strip in honor of their efforts in solving cold murder cases on October 30 at a ceremony where the LVMPD was also in attendance.Alaa Elassar, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Implementing a real-time prevention strategy helps conserve those resources for things other than toil and firefighting.Bob Tinker, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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After watching Walker Buehler tinker, toil and tumble through 10 troubling starts in his return from a second career Tommy John surgery this season, the Dodgers pitching coach had a simple message for the right-hander ahead of a bullpen session in St. Louis last month.Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
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Creatives can put energy into defining campaigns, while the marketing team can do the mechanical drudgery of customizing that content for individual markets while still respecting guidelines concerning the brand’s voice, channels and images.Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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Phillips' novel manages to be both a gripping psychological thriller about the isolation of motherhood and an accurate account of the sheer drudgery.The Week US, theweek, 1 Oct. 2024
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David believes this is just her exhausted mind playing tricks, attributing it to postpartum depression, stress, and fatigue.Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
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The hands-on system truly lowers fatigue over a long day of driving. CHANGE: The brakes The brakes in this tester felt a little soft for a new vehicle and not as progressive as most.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Chan, who wrote the screenplay after the birth of her first child, presents a deeply empathetic depiction of Jing’s travails.Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
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Much of the travails—from making the Champions League to finishing 12th and 14th in the last two campaigns—come down to an identity crisis.Henry Flynn, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
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After leading a relatively peaceful life as a farmer in northern Africa with his wife, Lucius is forced into slavery and ends up becoming a gladiator like his father.Irenie Forshaw, theweek, 13 Nov. 2024
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Many people believe that slavery in Latin America was a benevolent institution.Ana Lucia Araujo / Made by History, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Spadework.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spadework. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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