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toil away
verb as in burn the midnight oil
Example Sentences
One descendant of our last common ancestor went on to engulf a photosynthetic bacterium, which would then toil away harnessing the power of the sun to fuel this progenitor of all plants.
These cornerstones of democracy are failures, they tell us, as they toil away to ensure that it is so.
After watching her mother toil away selling food on the streets and any other job to pay rent, Rodríguez decided from an early age she didn’t want to follow the same path.
“It’s a testament to understanding how broken something is — and fixing it anyway. And it’s a tribute to those who toil away, largely without thanks, in service of helping the next generation grow in harmony.”
After preparing thousands of meals together, the pair seem destined to finally admit their deep affection for one another as they toil away in a picturesque Segré kitchen in the Pays de la Loire region of France.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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