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trudged

  • past participle
    of trudge.
    trudge
    verb (used without object)
    to walk, especially laboriously or wearily.
  • past tense form
    of trudge.
    trudge
    verb (used without object)
    to walk, especially laboriously or wearily.

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But less than five years later, as final seconds ticked away on a 41-27 loss to Oregon on Saturday, fans trudged toward the exits, and that very same stadium sat in hushed disbelief.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Pedestrians in plastic rain ponchos trudged through murky floodwaters in Bangkok's east -- knee-deep in some areas of a grocery store parking lot -- floating their belongings in plastic tubs alongside them, AFP journalists saw.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

He and three others trudged through the jungle for hours but couldn’t find their way and spent the night in a goatherd’s shed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Half-time in Houston and Brazil's players trudged off knowing what the mood would be back home.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

Then it got to be time to go home, and the two trudged carefully back through the field.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu