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[slog] / slɒg /


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Archer's second wicket was curious – Wanindu Hasaranga out hit-wicket attempting a slog, his bat almost placed on top of the bails.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

The company’s most recent financial report to investors, however, showed slumping sales in its North American foods segment, as the consumer slog against inflation continued.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

When the Department of Energy wants to finance a large project under the current permitting system, it has to slog through comprehensive environmental review.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Britain's The Guardian newspaper said the movie "entertains us with creepy campfire tales" but the Hollywood Reporter called it a "dull existential drama" while The Wrap website described it as a "frustrating slog".

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

We may have a bit of a hard slog ahead of us, children, but we shall manage.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

Let’s be clear: Training camps no longer are the two-a-day-workout, full-contact slogs of decades past.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Jordan said in an interview that he intended to closely focus on Domino’s operations as the pizza sector slogs through years of anemic growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Nevertheless, it is important to remember that this isn’t yet a foregone conclusion by any means—and that there are multiple uphill slogs ahead for PSWBD.

From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2026

One thing for certain is that England's sweeps, reverse-sweeps, switch-hits, slogs and scoops befuddled the hosts in Hyderabad.

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2024

I will him to come out to her, but the train jolts and slogs forward and still there is no sign of him; she’s alone.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

The Dodgers, the significantly older team, slogged through the next two games, batting .164 and losing both.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026

But with Olympic gold in their sights, the U.S. slogged through an uneven two days in the event they were expected to dominate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026

Brook was fortunate to survive on 45 when he slogged Starc and the ball dropped between three chasing fielders.

From Barron's ● Jan. 4, 2026

“And Just Like That” already slogged through this withered territory via Steve and Miranda in what may be the show’s most realistic depiction of two people giving up on each other.

From Salon ● May 29, 2025

I slogged back to the path, trying to ignore the skin-crawly feeling of bog-mud gooshing into my socks, and headed for town.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

These “ghost jobs” have been a longtime source of frustration and anguish for people slogging through an increasingly anonymous and impersonal job-search process.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Another former major winner is currently slogging through a longer road back.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

Her strike-rate was 180 but there was no slogging, just a succession of classical cricket shots executed to near-perfection.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2025

Twenty-eight minutes passed in painful succession, two top-10 teams slogging their way through the mud, when a frustrated JuJu Watkins took off toward the basket, desperate to finally see a shot fall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2025

After four years of eating bug-infested rations, sleeping in cold and damp tents, and slogging night and day through thickets and mud, American men had had enough of rough pursuits.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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