chug
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The boilerplate praise chug of the song has one upside: It forces the “Rap God” to slow down.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
Rising interest rates pummeled bonds as stocks continued to chug along and favorable rule-making buoyed cryptocurrencies.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor left Windsor not with a regal fanfare, but with the chug of removal lorries, heading for Norfolk in the night.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026
Meanwhile, SSE continues to chug forward amid mixed weather conditions and consistent profit expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
I can’t say for certain whether God was listening, but it wasn’t long afterward that I heard the wheezy chug-a-chug- chug of a small outboard motor.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
Fulton lured 40 friends and relatives on board and chugged all the way to Albany and back, covering 300 miles in 62 hours—an astounding pace of nearly 5 miles an hour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Massie even chugged a celebratory glass of raw milk.
From Slate ● May 20, 2026
“Let Me Roll It” had a funky swagger, while “Getting Better” chugged with cheerful insistence; “I’ve Just Seen a Face” showed off the group’s crisp harmonies and “Lady Madonna” its tight rhythmic interplay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2026
At one point on Thursday the train chugged past a queue of trucks waiting for fuel -- the trains themselves run on diesel, with the state railway company maintaining its own stocks.
From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026
The metal rocked and chugged beneath us as the train began to move.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
Meanwhile, Cardi’s career campaign keeps chugging along fiercely.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026
The forecast for this year requires Wall Street to keep chugging along.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Silver may become more attractive than gold if the economy keeps chugging along, because of its industrial uses.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
U.S. stocks have kept chugging higher this year, but bonds haven’t been able to shake off a five-year slump.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
We move along the road, the engine chugging and wheezing up the hills, the carriage rocking back and forth.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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