labored

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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

They appeared to agree on Meta’s culpability by Friday, but labored through Tuesday to hash out a decision for Google, delivering their verdict just after 10 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Araceli Molar de Barrios labored in the fields for nearly 30 years after arriving in the U.S. in 1995, two years after Chavez’s death.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

Google for years labored to catch up in the AI race.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

In the moment it took her to take another labored breath, she fell backward in time and remembered another day, another hut.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray