LABORING Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

laboring

verb

present participle of labor

as in struggling

to devote serious and sustained effort the young lawyer labored most of the weekend over the difficult legal brief

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Recent Examples of laboring Strange, yes, but definitely more memorable than an accountant in green eyeshade laboring over the books. — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 And workers have now spent over 1 million hours laboring on an infrastructure project whose price tag has surpassed $900 million. — Robert Tann, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2026 McNeely’s portrait of a laboring mother, swathed in glowing fields of chartreuse, outshines (again, literally) art history’s greats. — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026 In line with the great tech selloff over AI spending fears, Capgemini’s share price has been laboring. — Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2026 While practicing for a sixth straight day, laboring in a heat index pushing 90 degrees, the Chiefs were bound to be a bit ill-mannered. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026 Complicated births that require, for example, extended time laboring will now be differentiated and might cost more, while uncomplicated births will cost less. — Camille A. Clare, STAT, 23 July 2026 Since the Computing Community Consortium hosted its first conference on thermodynamic computing in 2019, a small community of researchers has been laboring to put it into practice. — Quanta Magazine, 15 July 2026 But others are still at work, laboring under a new collective bargaining agreement with another labor organization, the International Longshoremen’s Association. — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

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The school has implemented programs to help struggling students close achievement gaps and introduced the Hadley Literacy Plan to improve writing schoolwide.

— Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Fashion’s nature risks and dependencies are wide-reaching, from cotton harvests ravaged by drought and leather supply chains riddled with deforestation, to manufacturing hubs struggling with water scarcity and retail networks affected by flooding.

— Bella Webb, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of struggling

Verb

Filmed largely on the doctors’ phones, the film offers an intimate account of the people striving to preserve life amid a devastating humanitarian crisis.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026
And those striving for zest under these circumstances may benefit from assistance from a mental health professional like a psychologist, a physical health provider like a physician, or a personal trainer or fitness instructor.

— Joan M. Cook, Time, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of striving

Verb

Each time a shutter fires, and each time a tire squeals, involves countless pieces working together to deliver a smooth outcome.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Linn County prosecutors declined to file criminal charges, but the church barred Moore from working with children, youth and vulnerable adults.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of working

Verb

Alfozan has been in jail since his arrest on a charge of using or endeavoring to use an electronic, mechanical, or other device to intercept oral communications.

— Dan Mangan, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026
Alfozan made his first court appearance Tuesday on a charge of using or endeavoring to use an electronic, mechanical, or other device to intercept oral communications.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of endeavoring

Verb

Kessler, meanwhile, has not even approached the All-Star conversation while toiling with Utah.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
The influence of Black American music was absent from not just their Warwickshire peers at the time, but all of the dour indie milieu toiling under Thatcher’s grey skies.

— Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026

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