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
The procession stopped at the farm where the future president toiled alongside the Black sharecroppers who worked for his father.
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Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 5 Jan. 2025
For more than a year now, Gaza’s rescue workers, paramedics and ambulance drivers have toiled on the front lines of the war, racing to the sites of countless Israeli airstrikes to try to save those who survived and recover the bodies of those who did not.
—Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 4 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
In Carbon Canyon, hand crews toiled cutting containment lines around the fire.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
This piece of attire was once the near-exclusive preserve of those who toiled the night shift in construction or were law enforcement.
—Louis J. Esterhazy, WWD, 8 Dec. 2024
Correspondent Seth Doane takes us inside the 12th century landmark, where 21st century tools, such as drones and computer animations, were as important a part of the restoration process as the artisans who toiled to bring Notre Dame back to life.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2024
Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 5 Jan. 2025
For more than a year now, Gaza’s rescue workers, paramedics and ambulance drivers have toiled on the front lines of the war, racing to the sites of countless Israeli airstrikes to try to save those who survived and recover the bodies of those who did not.
—Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 4 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
In Carbon Canyon, hand crews toiled cutting containment lines around the fire.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
This piece of attire was once the near-exclusive preserve of those who toiled the night shift in construction or were law enforcement.
—Louis J. Esterhazy, WWD, 8 Dec. 2024
Correspondent Seth Doane takes us inside the 12th century landmark, where 21st century tools, such as drones and computer animations, were as important a part of the restoration process as the artisans who toiled to bring Notre Dame back to life.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Toiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toiled. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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