grind
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Such finds often cause development plans to grind to a halt.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
Without the armies of aides, interns, and volunteers who answer phones in Capitol Hill offices, draft bills, and staff campaigns, lawmaking and reelection bids across the country would grind to a halt.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
These workers are developing silicosis, a condition in which microscopic silica dust contained in the stone slabs they grind and polish is cutting up the inside of their lungs until the organs fail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
"When you're in this situation and you've got a guide dog and you can't do anything, it does make certain things grind to a halt."
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
There was ink to be mixed, paint powder to grind, and copper plates to polish and wipe.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
They may even be detained for months or years while their case grinds through immigration court.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026
When he’s done speaking, Paul looks back down at the table, grinds his palms together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
Countries and companies are working through alternatives to Hormuz as the conflict grinds on.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
In Tehran, artist Aref Montazeri faces postponed shows and scarce supplies as conflict grinds on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
A crackling noise grinds from the sound boxes perched in the stairwell corners.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Hiring had almost grinded to a halt by the end of summer, alarming the Fed enough to push the central bank to start cutting interest rates again.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 1, 2025
"I'm just pleased I grinded it out and got the win."
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2025
“He’s grinded through Tommy John. He’s grinded through the rehab process,” catcher Ryan Jeffers said.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2024
His prose is often vivid and propulsive, describing “benches so waxed they were black slabs of former white concrete, generations of candles melted by the sun and grinded into iconography.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
I have grinded over jagged rocks and navigated narrow and twisty paths.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
He said Nepal also needed a mobile air traffic control system and broadband seismometers to monitor ground vibrations.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Another project combined satellite measurements of water surface heights with observations from drones and instruments on the ground.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
“We just lost our right engine and would like to declare an emergency,” a Coast Guard pilot radioed controllers on the ground, according to audio from the incident.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
In the early hours of Tuesday morning, the former Arsenal striker had a change of heart which saw him leave Everton's Finch Farm training ground without signing for the club.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
That meant he dearly loved rolling in manure and decay, so Tarbox territory was the happy hunting ground for him.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
East Tennessee's water-powered Old Mill first began grinding cornmeal back in 1830 in the deep Appalachian region along the Little Pigeon River.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
You need to have this time of grinding with the guys, being around them all day, starting to create that chemistry and standard for how we are going to do things.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
But the recent chaos in negotiations signaled Tehran is prepared for a long and grinding conflict.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
“They are clearly trying to destroy the program by grinding down the financial health of nonprofits,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
The two spies had better luck in Concord, where they learned that the Patriots were grinding meal into flour for soldiers’ rations and were storing “powder and cartridges.”
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
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