painstakingly
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By painstakingly recreating the faces of children who had been lost, William Richardson gave something precious back to a community living with unimaginable grief.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Gingerly making his way over rapids on unstable-looking logs, fighting off predators, and dealing with other hair-raising complications, Belmont painstakingly makes progress with no prospect of anyone coming to help.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Apple's manufacturing operation is among the most complex in corporate history, a web of hundreds of suppliers and assembly lines that Cook painstakingly built over decades.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
Where other filmmakers would painstakingly elucidate every thematic detail to make their silly popcorn movie “say something,” Mitchell restrains himself.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
The work of drawing the warp threads from the beam through the harness and reeds had to be done painstakingly by hand.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
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