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toils

  • present tense form of toil (3rd person singular).

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CHERAW, S.C.—Inside a Schaeffler SHA0 -3.78%decrease; red down pointing triangle auto-parts factory, a most unusual worker toils away.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 15, 2026

In a remote corner of the Bannau Brycheiniog, or Brecon Beacons, on fallow farmland hosting three sites of special scientific interest, Paul toils over his creations, surrounded by heat and metal.

From BBC Dec. 6, 2025

A large proportion of the work force toils on farms, for instance, and a relatively small part of it is employed in factories.

From New York Times Apr. 1, 2024

Boyarsky toils in a back room drenched in natural light, her cat Roxy at her side.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 4, 2023

Through many dangers, toils, and snares, I have already come.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney