daily grind
Example Sentences
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But they also give eerie glimpses of conference rooms and cubicles unchanged since IBM left a decade ago, as if employees had fled the daily grind one day and never returned.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 7, 2026
Retirement is often a time when people finally relax after the daily grind of working.
From MarketWatch β Jun. 20, 2026
From repeatedly whacking steel with a heavy hammer to sitting sweat-drenched by a hearth for hours, the daily grind of blademaking is also not for the faint-hearted.
From Barron's β Feb. 11, 2026
Premiering Monday, “DMV” is set at a fictional East Hollywood location and orbits around an eclectic staff that is just trying to get through the daily grind of interacting with the public.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 13, 2025
Elizebeth had hoped to serve as cowitness, but instead she continued the daily grind of code breaking.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
