Example Sentences

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It is drudging up generations of visceral trauma, especially in Pittsburgh – the city scarred by the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2023

Those efforts all have something in common: They use software to take on drudging tasks like transcribing and initial data-gathering so that journalists have more time to do more intensive reporting.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2023

Hart described how this "tired gimmick" of drudging up a victim's drug history was also used in the deaths Trayvon Martin, Terence Crutcher, Michael Brown, Laquan McDonald and many others.

From Salon • Oct. 18, 2022

The defense tried to discredit Constand and the other women, attacking their credibility and drudging up their past misbehaviors.

From The Verge • Apr. 26, 2018

It was true that Jared for the present was still at Raleigh, drudging away at a very small salary.

From Horace Chase by Woolson, Constance Fenimore