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laboring

  • present participle of labor.

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Agility, an Oregon-based company whose robots are already laboring within a Plexiglas cage at an auto-parts factory, recently announced plans to go public at a valuation of $2.5 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 4, 2026

You probably know it already — you’ve seen oil pumpjacks laboring away in nutty places, like on the La Cienega Boulevard shortcut through Baldwin Hills to the airport.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2026

Montiel, 62, said Chavez’s legacy continues to reverberate as the union has pushed for improved working conditions for people laboring in extreme heat, at times without adequate breaks or water.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 19, 2026

"For decades, while laboring in the vineyards of the community, he inspired us to keep hope alive in the struggle for liberty and justice for all," the Democrat said.

From BBC Feb. 17, 2026

They found Abelson laboring in a forest of one hundred towering cylindrical columns, in which uranium hexafluoride with a high concentration of U-235 was accumulating.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik