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sweat

noun as in body's perspiring

noun as in hard work

verb as in perspire

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Sweeney recalled sweating through a training run in the mid-’80 when a guy behind him sniffed and asked, “Pete, did you drink gin last night?”

My recorded voice still made my palms sweat, but it reminded me not only of the time we renovated a house, but of all the years since, as we’ve rebuilt our lives and our family.

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Six years ago, before he was seen as a budding star at USC, Jahkeem Stewart stood at the base of that levee in Algiers on a muggy day, drenched in sweat.

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“All I can think about is chafing. That’s literally the first thing that comes to mind,” said Michaels, who prefers cotton sweats and doesn’t recommend working out in jeans.

Holger Rune, one of the world’s best tennis players, was in Shanghai this month, sitting on court in a puddle of his own sweat, when he turned to the chair umpire in bewilderment.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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