plod
Example Sentences
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In Kirk’s name, they will continue to plod through long, grueling, nonsensical arguments about Egyptian aircraft and Emmanuel Macron, with people who are simply never going to listen.
From Slate • Dec. 22, 2025
When it became obvious the painfully slow-paced event would plod past 4½ hours, the Draft House was closed to some teams.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2025
In trying to make media-watching “easier,” tech has slowed the process to a maddening plod.
From Salon • May 22, 2025
The Guardian's Wendy Ide praised the "thrillingly dynamic central performance from the versatile Domingo", but added the film itself was more of a "dutiful plod through the facts".
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2023
Whatever perils lay ahead, it seemed better to float down the broad tide of Anduin to meet them than to plod forward with bent backs.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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