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as in to shuffle
to move heavily or clumsily
flooded residents who were forced to trudge through waist-deep water
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as in to stumble
to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually
no expert on taxes, I spent the whole weekend trudging through government forms
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Recent Examples of trudge
In an apparent violation of the rules, two women in red vests were trudging along on the tundra itself.
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Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Rachel James, interagency risk communication and community engagement coordinator for the Collective Service, a partnership between IFRC, UNICEF, and the WHO, recalls trudging through the streets in knee-high water.
—Harry Booth, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
However, before finding this success, the group must first trudge through the misery of poor album sales and threats of being dropped from their label, at which point their manager (Yuya Endo) gives them an ultimatum.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 Sep. 2024
So hearts sank when Wiggins trudged to the locker room early in the third quarter, holding his right arm uncomfortably at his side.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2024
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Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Rachel James, interagency risk communication and community engagement coordinator for the Collective Service, a partnership between IFRC, UNICEF, and the WHO, recalls trudging through the streets in knee-high water.
—Harry Booth, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
However, before finding this success, the group must first trudge through the misery of poor album sales and threats of being dropped from their label, at which point their manager (Yuya Endo) gives them an ultimatum.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 Sep. 2024
So hearts sank when Wiggins trudged to the locker room early in the third quarter, holding his right arm uncomfortably at his side.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trudge
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Once the road trip ends, Bronny will be shuffling between the G-League and the main Lakers roster.David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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These relationships shuffle among the large, contentious staff — Mexican, white, Italian, black, Muslim, Albanian, and Dominican, a panoply of types whose individuality keeps the action lively, timely, yet unpredictable.Armond White, National Review, 30 Oct. 2024
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Surveyors reportedly stumbled upon the endangered bees during an environmental review of the area, forcing regulators to suspend the project.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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In the fall of 2022, a Princeton University graduate student named Carolina Figueiredo stumbled onto a massive coincidence.Charlie Wood, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
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Instead of stomping their feet, her parents could simply say her name.Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2024
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Dinosaurs stomp past, ice ages come and go, indigenous people hunt for food.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
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Historians are struggling to recover their inexpressible secrets.Erin Maglaque, The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 2024
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Thus, consumption of THCV can be beneficial for those who struggle with weight gain and/or food craving.Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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“Trudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trudge. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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