labored
Example Sentences
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INS data revealed two-thirds of apprehended workers labored in industrial and construction jobs, not agriculture as was conventionally believed.
When asked after the game about a particularly labored stretch during the second quarter, James quipped that it wasn’t just that moment.
From Los Angeles Times
With their ladder lashed to the building to help steady it in the howling wind, they labored to repair a water-damaged balcony — unrelated to the natural disaster raging around them.
From Los Angeles Times
I met Adam Kinzinger in Salon's New York studio about two weeks after Donald Trump won the presidential election, an outcome he had labored to prevent.
From Salon
Many Times reporters and editors rejected the notion that they inject opinion into their news reporting, saying they long labored to be impartial arbiters.
From Los Angeles Times
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