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Often you will be plodding through the sanctuary of woods when suddenly a car will sail past through the trees only forty or fifty feet away—a perennially startling sight.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

Men of half your merit will eclipse you, winning opulence and distinction—while you, with your common sense notions, will be plodding on at a snail's pace.

From Home Lights and Shadows by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

And to-morrow I will be plodding on through the sands and dust, and I'll be all alone.

From Caste by Fraser, William Alexander