WADING Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

wading

verb

present participle of wade

as in trudging

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Hawke remembers his 19-year-old self trudging through snowy Alaska for White Fang.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
Half of the game's length is swallowed up by me trudging from point A to point B while characters yap endlessly about the current goings-on.

— Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of trudging

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Tarek Ghanem, a 41-year-old construction contractor who is homeless himself, ran from his tent 100 yards away to begin scrabbling through the debris.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
The retaliation works, and soon Cole and his men are marching on foot, scrabbling their way through thickets and swamps.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of scrabbling

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Lee is forever grunting and scratching and clearing his throat.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
People are advised to watch for signs of rodent activity including droppings, gnaw marks, scratching or scurrying sounds and rub marks along baseboards or around entry points.

— Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado Updated October 21, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026

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Subsequent trials in the late 1960s and ’70s eventually proved its effectiveness, and the drug ultimately was recognized for exerting strong antipsychotic effects with virtually no adverse impacts on motor function.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026
With broader crypto legislation stalling in Congress, regulators are exerting their existing powers to address individual parts of the market, said Jeff Ko, chief analyst at blockchain infrastructure service provider ViaBTC.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

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