laboriously
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I suppose I could disable all these notices, laboriously one by one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
The garden's collection has been laboriously reassembled after it had perished during World War II -- through decades of purchases, exchanges and numerous scientific missions that took Ivannikov's senior colleagues across several continents.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
She worked at the Harvard College Observatory as a “human computer,” laboriously measuring the positions and brightness of thousands of stars on photographic plates.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2025
For one, following the 2021 reopening of comedy venues, the entire industry clicked into the same two-year-ish cycle typical of laboriously honing material, filming, editing, releasing and promoting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2023
“Just a minute,” said Francis, laboriously, his words lagging behind the hurried scrawl of his pen.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
