toil

This is an incredible start to their adult life; most working people take years of toil to get to that level.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026

She started working at the pharmacy aged 15, and has cherished memories and friends from her decades of toil.

From BBC ● May 31, 2026

So it shouldn’t be surprising that women have played a central role in inventing products that reduced the physical toil of daily housework.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

Mayor Karen Bass and members of the City Council announced they would abandon the holiday honoring Chavez’s birthday and instead rename it “Farm Workers Day” to honor laborers who toil in the fields.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2026

Somehow each of them had become dear to him, if only because he had borne them so far with so much toil.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Keuer wonders if the work is worth it, noting how hard he toils for little pay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025

While Noah toils away in the desert, artist Maya seeks to recolor her own faded view of the world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2025

So are the film’s many montages underlining Ryuta’s plight — he toils at multiple jobs to care for his sick mother — that reduce the character to something of a sob story.

From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2024

I love that the majority of Division I toils away outside the spotlight, but N.C.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 21, 2023

Through many dangers, toils, and snares, I have already come.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

Northern Ireland's McIlroy played alongside his European Ryder Cup team-mate as the pair toiled late on a baking day, although he did finish positively with a birdie on the 18th.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

Veteran Jessica Pegula, 32, the top-ranked American who also toiled away on the sport’s lower tier before becoming a top-10 mainstay, appreciates Liu’s resolve.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

Casemiro, 34, showed his age as he toiled in the heat before he was replaced at half-time as Morocco dominated without adding to the lead given to them by Ismael Saibari.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

Before becoming a delivery driver, he toiled for nearly two years in factories, working 12-hour shifts while making about $170 a month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026

The hobbits, bent nearly double, toiled along behind the taller folk, but it was plain that they could not go much further, if the snow continued.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Working, after all, is how a majority of people must spend most of their waking hours, and toiling away in an industry or at a position you find grating will undoubtedly make you miserable.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

In 1940, Woody Guthrie sat in a Midtown Manhattan hotel, toiling over lyrics for what would become “This Land Is Your Land.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

In his 50 years of toiling the land, dealing with the odd mouse is normal, but "I've never seen it this bad, ever".

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

Exquadrum took a stab at fundraising on its own, but found investors uninterested in a weapons lab toiling away since the early aughts, and sought acquisition offers from a dozen suitors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

“Some might not fancy answering to a youngster,” he said, “but I’m a toiling knight.”

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine