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present progressiveof slog.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
slogverb (used with object)to hit hard, as in boxing or cricket; slug.
Example Sentences
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They recognize that they have the luxury of taking a 30,000-foot view while administration experts are slogging it out in the trenches.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2022
The Mets are slogging through another bad season, and the Yankees are far behind the rival Red Sox, but one New York baseball team is playing like a champion: the Mid-Island Little League squad.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2018
Meanwhile, the Timbers are slogging through the struggles most expansion franchises face.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2011
Now they are slogging through the worst economy in its history as Detroit ranks among the nation's leaders in unemployment and home foreclosures.
From Time Magazine Archive
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It looks uncommonly like it, judging by the way you are slogging each other about!
From Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant by John B. Greene