grunt work

Example Sentences

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“There are not many groups doing the granular grunt work needed to understand how these viruses emerge and transfer to humans.”

From Los Angeles Times

He said “I was doing all the grunt work that GAs do. But in addition to that, I ran my own room. I ran meetings. I recruited an area in Minnesota. So it was huge. It was a big-time crash course in being a college football coach.”

From Seattle Times

He was down for the grunt work, always up to carry “another 100 rounds or 200 rounds” of ammo when asked, “and he would never complain.”

From Washington Post

Because the legal definition of a manager is vague and little known — the employee’s “primary” job must be management, and the employee must have real authority — the mislabeled managers find it hard to push back, even if they mostly do grunt work.

From New York Times

This is grunt work Mr. Trump was slow to undertake in his celebrity-powered, but scattershot, campaign in 2016.

From New York Times