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footslogging

verb

present participle of footslog

as in trudging

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Many residents of Northern Indiana are trudging the long road to recovery more than a week after storms cause wide-ranging power outages.

— Aubrey Wright, IndyStar, 20 Aug. 2026
The women had come so far together over the last three decades and were now eagerly trudging forward, side-by-side, to whatever came next.

— Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 30 July 2026

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Meanwhile, a company has developed surf booties that claim to be barb-resistant — though swimmers are urged to still tread lightly to avoid trampling the rays.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
The bull lived up to his reputation, bucking Dias off before trampling him in the dirt in five seconds.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026

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The announcement comes after video circulated online of Knight at recent performances, including a July 25 gig at the Hollywood Bowl, wandering around the stage, turning her back to the audience, and not singing on cue.

— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2026
But more recently, cell phone videos taken by audience members at Knight performances, including one from a July 25 Hollywood Bowl concert, show the singer wandering the stage, her back to the audience and seeming to miss singing cues.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026

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In addition to sizzling 115-degree days, Las Vegas’ famous resorts and casinos are plodding through a tourism slump.

— Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
Santa, who was heavy and plodding with bad knees, couldn’t keep up as Gayle tailed this man through an alleyway.

— Wilbert L. Cooper, Longreads, 25 Aug. 2026

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Brendan McDermid | Reuters A Goldman Sachs partner leading one of the bank’s flagship artificial intelligence projects warned that AI’s spread across Wall Street risks hobbling the thinking capabilities of the next generation of financiers.

— Hugh Son, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026
And that Amegadjie, at the end of a running play during a red zone period, came up hobbling with an apparent right leg injury that prompted him to slam his helmet to the grass before leaving practice for the rest of the afternoon?

— Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

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