painstakingly
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He had an elaborate pitch, which he painstakingly rehearsed and refined.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026
Could it have been because concurring Justices other than Thomas and Gorsuch had demanded legal complications that Justice Alito painstakingly included in his opinion?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
And FBI agents, who have aided in the immigration sweeps, would normally spend months or years painstakingly amassing evidence before making arrests.
From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026
Students and volunteers painstakingly washed and sorted through large amounts of sediment.
From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026
With no way to know how much time passed, Sheed measured his effort in the number of yearbooks he’d painstakingly searched page by page.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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