daily grind
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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 ● Jul. 7, 2026
The daily grind is harder for some than others.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 9, 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 ● Feb. 11, 2026
Organizers had asked that parents call off work and providers close their doors to demonstrate how critical childcare is to the nation’s daily grind.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 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
