labored
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Thus far, however, this effort has yielded only a few dozen genetically modified long-haired mice, which evokes the Aesopian adage about the mountain that labored and brought forth a mouse.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Last Thanksgiving, Megan Thee Stallion labored for days to prepare an elaborate holiday dinner for then-boyfriend Klay Thompson and his family.
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026
Initially intriguing, the jumbled chronology eventually proves to be largely decorative until a disappointing late-reel twist explains why the labored device was deployed in the first place.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Lamarck labored professionally under the modest title of professor of insects and worms.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
“He said to Moses, ‘You have toiled and labored, now you are worthy of rest.’”
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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