backbreaking
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But the backbreaking work left behind—often in agriculture or coal mines—was worse.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
Everyone paid to see a pitcher intentionally put himself behind in the count, let a runner on base who would come around to score, and then give up a backbreaking grand slam.
From Slate • Nov. 11, 2025
But backbreaking mistakes continued to mar the Trojans on both sides of the ball.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2025
The hardships the New Basin laborers faced — aside from backbreaking work, there was a deadly cholera outbreak — are points of pride among the city’s Irish.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2024
He was still penniless and desperate, and he knew that to make something of his idea was going to require years of backbreaking labor.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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