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as in laborer
a person who does very hard or dull work
worked like a drudge at a low-paying job that had few benefits
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as in drudgery
very hard or unpleasant work
it took hours of pure drudge to sort through the junk in the basement
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as in to labor
to devote serious and sustained effort
factory workers who must drudge all day at repetitive tasks
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Recent Examples of drudge
Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 7 Aug. 2024
Finally, give the drone scouts the drudge work, such as tediously scouring a large area.
—Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 9 July 2024
Andrew Oxford, azcentral, 24 Mar. 2020
The return drudged up emotions the players had suppressed.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2019
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Noun
Freed from drudge work, these workers should be empowered to focus on more creative tasks and problem-solving.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 7 Aug. 2024
Finally, give the drone scouts the drudge work, such as tediously scouring a large area.
—Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 9 July 2024
Verb
While the House drudged through a partisan back-and-forth, top Republicans and Democrats in the Senate hatched a deal.
—Andrew Oxford, azcentral, 24 Mar. 2020
The return drudged up emotions the players had suppressed.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drudge
Noun
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Authorities had alleged that Haskell had hired four day laborers on Nov. 7, 2023 to dispose of several large trash bags, which one of the laborers said contained body parts.—
Liam Quinn,
People.com,
14 July 2025
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Farmworker advocates said Friday afternoon that one laborer had died from injuries sustained after falling from the roof of a greenhouse at Glass House cannabis operation while trying to escape federal agents.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
Noun
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It's meant to be a place of administrative drudgery with zero action, and yet, led by the affectionately abrasive Jackson Lamb (Oldman), Slough House and its slow horses somehow get involved in some of the most important cases of the moment.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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Its advertising promised an end to drudgery through food engineering.—
John Seabrook
June 11,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
Verb
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Finally, gradually acclimatizing workers to laboring in extreme heat, instead of expecting people to work full-steam on the first few blazing hot days of the summer.—
Terri Gerstein,
New York Daily News,
25 June 2025
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The flip side Kudos and thanks to the city crews who recently cleaned the benches at Lake Como Park, and labored for days rebuilding the bridges!—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 June 2025
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That is similar to the impact of technological progress on workers.—
Olesya Dmitracova,
CNN Money,
9 July 2025
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That prompted a new round of questions from supporters and critics who have been scratching their heads on what the administration's view of how to treat migrant workers in specific industries.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
9 July 2025
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At the time, officials said cattle exports had resumed thanks to efforts by both countries in battling the parasitic pest.—
AFP,
Fortune,
10 July 2025
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Those stockpiling efforts surged this year as steep — and unexpectedly expansive — tariffs came into view and during periods in which they were postponed or lessened.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
10 July 2025
Verb
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Make Healthy Food More Accessible Millions of families struggle to afford healthy food.—
Mike Levin,
Oc Register,
10 July 2025
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Many prominent energy and hardware startups have faltered at this critical juncture, struggling to transition from promising prototypes to reliable performance in real-world settings at scale.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
Noun
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Poets toil as often-anonymous individuals building some greater nest, colony, or hive that might outlast us or end up squashed and swept away unceremoniously.—
Hannah Brooks-Motl
June 2,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2025
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More than a decade of physical and mental toil has caught up with me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
Verb
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Dunham, in turn, strives to find new ways of expressing the emotion, through disarming dialogue and affecting tableaux.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
10 July 2025
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Founded in 886 by King Alfred the Great, The Royal Mint strives to marry its illustrious history with innovations in sustainable sourcing of precious metals.—
Kyle Roderick,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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“Drudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drudge. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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