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Radjaa Aboudagga and his team have been toiling since 6:00 am to create the Middle Eastern dishes for families and friends of all ages seated on mats or at tables.

From Barron's • Oct. 11, 2025

These three women have been toiling over this project for at least seven years.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2023

That she and others like her have been toiling in low-paying jobs, well past the standard retirement age, isn’t a script contrivance.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2023

Now thousands of workers who should have been toiling in France were redirected to the Ruhr to repair the dams.

From BBC • May 15, 2013

Whilst you, my dear Miss Beaufort, have been toiling in Dublin, my father has been delighting himself in preparations for June.

From The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 1 by Hare, Augustus J. C.