labored
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Her tongue escaped the side of her mouth as she labored.
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Soon Torak was panting as he labored knee-deep in dazzling new snow.
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The connection between Douglass’s fame, Assing’s death and the chemical composition of a poison might be somewhat labored, but Ms. Popova sells it as a portrait of cosmic interconnectedness.
Workers have labored under these unjust policies for nearly a century.
Most of the crew were seriously ill or injured: swollen legs, missing digits, labored breathing, feverish.
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