as in labored
to devote serious and sustained effort
toiled for many years on the mammoth outdoor sculpture
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Recent Examples of toiled
Holmes toiled for a decade in the minors before his first MLB call with the Braves in 2024.
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David O'Brien, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Notably, the designer has also toiled away on behalf of her namesake label.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 9 Sep. 2025
While Jackson toiled with the training staff on the sidelines, Stafford was in street clothes for all of July and the first half of August.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
For the past decade, singer-songwriter Corrina — aka Corrina Grant Gill — has toiled in intimate spaces like Music City's The East Room, gaining comparisons to soulful and pop-styled stars like Chris Stapleton and Carrie Underwood.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 9 Aug. 2025
The procession stopped at the farm where the future president toiled alongside the Black sharecroppers who worked for his father.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 5 Jan. 2025
The husky Black man from the Bronx toiled for every inch of respect, beset by toxicity and misinformation, as hairy white folk-rock and boogie-band alumni pushed similar buttons to become the de facto bards of the everyman.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
Aristocrats feasted while peasants toiled and poor Parisians starved, and new delicacies like the banana debuted against a backdrop of imperialist adventures.
—Amy Crawford, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
Johnson’s long journey through family keepsakes, official documents and ultimately the land where her ancestors once toiled illustrates both the complex challenges and rewards for Black Americans, logistically and emotionally, in pursuing their genealogical histories.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024
David O'Brien, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Notably, the designer has also toiled away on behalf of her namesake label.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 9 Sep. 2025
While Jackson toiled with the training staff on the sidelines, Stafford was in street clothes for all of July and the first half of August.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
For the past decade, singer-songwriter Corrina — aka Corrina Grant Gill — has toiled in intimate spaces like Music City's The East Room, gaining comparisons to soulful and pop-styled stars like Chris Stapleton and Carrie Underwood.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 9 Aug. 2025
The procession stopped at the farm where the future president toiled alongside the Black sharecroppers who worked for his father.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 5 Jan. 2025
The husky Black man from the Bronx toiled for every inch of respect, beset by toxicity and misinformation, as hairy white folk-rock and boogie-band alumni pushed similar buttons to become the de facto bards of the everyman.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
Aristocrats feasted while peasants toiled and poor Parisians starved, and new delicacies like the banana debuted against a backdrop of imperialist adventures.
—Amy Crawford, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
Johnson’s long journey through family keepsakes, official documents and ultimately the land where her ancestors once toiled illustrates both the complex challenges and rewards for Black Americans, logistically and emotionally, in pursuing their genealogical histories.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toiled
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Some of the works would be labored over and over and over again.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
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But that’s not why Fastvold and Corbet — who as directors have now had two features each in competition in Venice — labored over the film.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
22 Aug. 2025
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But the California native struggled throughout the postseason and had just one hit and seven strikeouts across the first three World Series games.—
Jamie Barton,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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England had noticed Patri had struggled with the same issue against Switzerland.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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There were quite a few troubling snaps to Young, and that’s a tough look for a pair that have worked together at their positions in each of the past two summer.—
DIAMOND VENCES,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Toiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toiled. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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