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as in to hit
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
the two boxers were so exhausted they just slogged each other indiscriminately
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as in to struggle
to devote serious and sustained effort
slogging their way through a pile of paperwork
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as in to lick
to strike repeatedly
the feisty woman was still slogging her would-be attacker when the police arrived
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as in to shuffle
to move heavily or clumsily
Gramps never tired of telling how he had to slog through the snow in order to get to school
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as in toil
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Recent Examples of slog
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
14 May 2026
The offense for the entirety of the first half slogged through mud.
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Tony Jones,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 June 2026
Each team used seven pitchers to get through the slog.
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Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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Verb
The Broncos slogged through two TNF games last year, and took a defense-wins-championships mentality in both.
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Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
14 May 2026
The offense for the entirety of the first half slogged through mud.
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Tony Jones,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
Bloody, disturbing, shocking, and entertaining as hell, the Ghost Ship opening couldn’t be any more different from the absolute slog that follows it, climaxing on a muddled and overly complicated ending.
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Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 June 2026
Each team used seven pitchers to get through the slog.
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Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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Against Cardinals’ starting pitcher Matthew Liberatore, the Braves mustered just one hit and one run through five innings of an eventual 5-3 loss.
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Thomas had hit a leadoff double, but Michael Massey, Salvador Perez and John Rave failed to drive him in.
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Acuff got off to a much better start after struggling to make shots in his summer league debut on Saturday.
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While San Francisco’s bullpen is struggling, Rogers is in the midst of another excellent season after signing a three-year, $37 million deal to join the defending American League champions.
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In the end, none of them were fit to lick the boots of Arnold Schwarzenegger's T-800.
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But the Carolinas have their own ways of making barbecue finger-licking.
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As soon as the game wrapped up, those guests shuffled out, and hours later were replaced by a rowdier group ordering shots at the bar, dancing to 2000s hits in front of the DJ booth and smoking vape pens on the outdoor patio.
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Pretoria responded to the threat of violence in June 30 protests with millions of dollars shuffled inside the police budget, tactical units deployed, and soldiers on standby.
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Audit which MLOps automations cut toil versus which just shifted work to data scientists.
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Pure white cloth, born in the murderous toil of slavery, formed in debilitating factory conditions, and finished through the agony of Sicilian children, was bleached in more ways than one.
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The Mariners batted around in the sixth, with their first five hitters reaching base on four hits and one walk.
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The four-time MVP has 82 strikeouts and 24 walks in 79 2/3 innings this season.
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Moniak smacked a 424-foot homer to right-center with one down in the bottom of the inning to tie the game.
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Kara and Ruthye figure out the Brigands are trafficking young women for dastardly purposes, giving them yet another reason to smack some dudes around.
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But others are still at work, laboring under a new collective bargaining agreement with another labor organization, the International Longshoremen’s Association.
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The infant had been trapped for almost three days; a team of rescuers from Fairfax, Virginia, had been laboring to reach the boy, who was nine months old, for at least six hours.
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“Slog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slog. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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