Clue | Source | Date |
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Done with difficulty | Thomas Joseph | 29 Aug 2025 |
Far from natural-sounding | Wall Street Journal | 26 Oct 2022 |
Done with difficulty | Newsday | 10 Mar 2022 |
Worked | LA Times Daily | 17 Dec 2021 |
Toiled | Wall Street Journal | 28 Jul 2020 |
Broke one's back | USA Today | 19 Jun 2019 |
Slaved away | Premier Sunday | 12 May 2019 |
Worked hard | New York Times | 01 Feb 2019 |
Worked hard | ||
Broke one's back | ||
Hardly natural-sounding | Wall Street Journal | 02 Dec 2016 |
Done with difficulty | Thomas Joseph | 23 Jun 2016 |
Worked like a dog | Universal | 05 Dec 2015 |
Toiled | LA Times Daily | 31 Jul 2015 |
Worked like a dog | ||
Toiled | ||
Requiring effort | ||
Worked hard | ||
Did drudgery | ||
Contrived | ||
Strained | ||
Worked like a dog | ||
Worked hard | ||
Worked like a dog | ||
Worked like a dog | ||
Difficult | ||
Worked with great effort | ||
Struggled | ||
Unnatural; stiff | ||
Expended effort | ||
Lacking spontaneity | ||
Difficult | ||
What Gilliatt did in "Toilers of the Sea." | ||
Drudged | ||
Worked. | ||
Done with great effort. | ||
Not easy. | ||
Not natural. | ||
Done with great exertion. |