grind
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That will be a slow and frustrating grind back to affordable housing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
But a big reason you left broadcast was because of the grind of a 20-plus episode season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
‘They grind and keep pushing. … Many of these first-generation founders are bad at hobbies.’
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
The grind continued, and it started to feel like another day on the trail.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
By 2011, the West African black rhino was officially declared extinct, thanks to poachers who mercilessly killed them for their horns—which people then use for decorative carvings and grind into powder for medicines.
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
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The men’s game is holding tight to a best-of-5 sets format which routinely produces four and five hour grinds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
They may even be detained for months or years while their case grinds through immigration court.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026
When he’s done speaking, Paul looks back down at the table, grinds his palms together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
Markets remain worried about a potential pullback in consumer spending as the conflict grinds on and retail energy prices continue to climb.
From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026
The third grinds guilt deep into my gut.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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Hiring had almost grinded to a halt by the end of summer, alarming the Fed enough to push the central bank to start cutting interest rates again.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 1, 2025
"I'm just pleased I grinded it out and got the win."
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2025
As the sides grinded through a weeks-long negotiation for the free-agent outfielder this offseason, those truths never wavered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2024
The back-and-forth between McGovern and Republican House members grinded proceedings to a halt for about an hour.
From Salon ● May 23, 2024
Grover touched a tiny scratch, and it became a Greek A. The mark of Daedalus glowed blue, and the stone wall grinded open.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
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Rabada returned match figures of 11-150 against Australia on this ground in 2018 - a South Africa win which levelled that four-match series going into the infamous Sandpaper Test.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Sandisk and Lumentum recover some ground Monday, while CoreWeave falls despite a Goldman Sachs upgrade as AI financing concerns linger.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
Macron also asked for the introduction of “new policing tactics on the ground as quickly as possible” to put an end to the violence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
The Texas event was signaling the end of an era but not the era of cars that stay on the ground.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
She didn’t push, and we drove home to the sound of the wipers wiping away the misty fog that was rolling along the ground.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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“We’ve been grinding all season long,” said right-hander Tyler Glasnow, who retired the first 10 Brewers in order, but lasted just one more inning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
At the same time, it evolved enormous molars suited to grinding and crushing tough, hard foods, functioning much like a mortar and pestle.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
"But I'm still there, still grinding, still making the youngsters work for their money. I'm just glad to push it through."
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
But low water levels grinding some transport in Germany’s rivers to a halt have slowed economic activity, particularly in the chemical industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The sound of stone grinding on stone echoed through the space, and the panel slid open.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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