painstaking

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"A traditional minesweeper which is conducting slow, painstaking work is going to find it tricky to hunt for mines and deactivate them if they are also under air and surface attack," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

The international research team attached tiny GPS trackers to 69 ravens -- an impressive number considering the painstaking work in trapping the particularly observant birds.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

Through painstaking renovations and a bit of reality TV magic.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

Susan Stamatkin, 67, is making a painstaking list of every detail of her household before she has surgery at the end of March.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 10, 2026

And yet...through painstaking work, day after day, the cryptographers at Arlington Hall began to pick up fragmented meanings in the Soviet cables.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau