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grunt

[gruhnt] / grʌnt /
VERB
snort
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NOUN
one doing rough physical labor
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Example Sentences

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He said young professionals should not shy away from doing the grunt work.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

Now it belongs to a humanoid robot called Digit that was built for grunt work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

It began with a bit of honest grunt, a dispossessing of Araujo in the corner by the twin hunters, Tuur Rommens and Youssef Chermiti, and across the other side of the field they swept.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

It doesn’t hurt that making stuff is increasingly easy too, thanks to the cameras on our phones and mixing boards on our laptops and artificial intelligence that does the grunt work for us.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

When I do, he lets out a sound that’s a mix between a sigh and a grunt.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks




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