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

Another concerned a sort of command center where workers labored “to make the internet as bad as we can possibly get it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

Lamarck labored professionally under the modest title of professor of insects and worms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

NCC president Alfonso Elder labored behind the scenes to aid students participating in the sit-ins.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson