1
as in laboring
to devote serious and sustained effort
plodded night and day to get the assignment done
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2
as in stumbling
to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually
oxen plodding through deep mud
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3
as in dragging
to move slowly
plodded reluctantly off to work
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4
as in shuffling
to move heavily or clumsily
wayfarers plodding across the sandy wastes
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as in relentless
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as in ambling
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plodding
Verb
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The Mets’ 3-1 Opening Day loss to the Houston Astros at Daikin Park featured a base-running blunder, a botched double play and a starting pitcher who was laboring by the fourth inning and was removed with two outs in the fifth.—
Abbey Mastracco,
Hartford Courant,
27 Mar. 2025 -
The Mets’ 3-1 Opening Day loss to the Houston Astros at Daikin Park featured a baserunning blunder, a botched double play and a starting pitcher who was laboring by the fourth inning and was removed with two outs in the fifth.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
27 Mar. 2025
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But the $12 billion decline in his fortune has more to do with asset shuffling than stock price movement.—
Julie Goldenberg,
Forbes,
21 Dec. 2024
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James has been shuffling back and forth between the NBA and the G League.—
Benedict Cosgrove,
Newsweek,
19 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Laundry is attended to daily, even on-demand, while the housekeeping staff operates with a relaxed yet relentless efficiency.—
Paula Conway,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Some of them talked about their despondency, their sense of being trapped in the relentless cycle of the tour, in which meaning can be hard to come by; even the best have to grow accustomed to disappointment.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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This becomes particularly important in a market where some consumers are struggling with inflation and financial constraints, while others are less affected and continue to spend freely.—
Mikko Karkkainen,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
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California and Stanford ventured to the opposite coast for the first time, both struggling in the Eastern time zone.—
Sabreena Merchant,
The Athletic,
6 Jan. 2025
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They were left operating on fumes by the end, with Ollie Watkins — Duran’s replacement — starved of service and Morgan Rogers consigned to trudging off the pitch, knowing his long dribbling bursts would have scant options ahead of him.—
Jacob Tanswell,
The Athletic,
27 Dec. 2024
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Standard time brings more sunshine to earlier hours, insuring that children are not trudging to school in cold-weather darkness.—
David K. Li,
NBC News,
22 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Bob Poole, a transportation policy greybeard at the Reason Foundation, argued that more money is not the solution to the unremitting decay of the U.S. air traffic control system.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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With the help of Elon Musk’s buzz saw, Trump has mounted an unremitting assault on the legislature’s exclusive authority to control federal spending, which is its main leverage over the executive branch in the Constitution’s separation of powers.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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Post struggled in his first go, thrown into the fire against the best team in the league that plays a style designed to punish heavy-footed centers.—
Danny Emerman,
The Mercury News,
2 Feb. 2025
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Carlson had just a 43 percent touchback percentage last season with Green Bay. Shanahan, however, is not inclined to bring aboard a heavy-footed kicker to simply get touchbacks.—
Jerry McDonald,
The Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2024
Verb
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This means going beyond policies and quotas, striving instead for cultural norms where differences are not only accepted but celebrated.—
Mo Hamzian,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
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Here's to making progress, staying focused, and striving for incremental improvements throughout 2025.—
Andrew Rosen,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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“Plodding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plodding. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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