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(tr, adverb) psychol to resolve (a problem, esp an emotional one), by thinking about it repeatedly and hence lessening its intensity either by gaining insight or by becoming bored by it

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In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…

candystring

candyfloss

candypuff

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How to use work through in a sentence

Translators—many of whom came by boat themselves—work through the crowds with Italian authorities to take down names and details.
Inside the Smuggling Networks Flooding Europe with Refugees|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Andrew prayed to God to help his mother with her health problems and his father find work through winter.
Filming a Beautiful Town in Decay: ‘Rich Hill’ and the Elusive American Dream|Tracy Droz Tragos|July 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Only then will we be ready to work through this request the president has sent us and figure out how to solve this problem.
GOP to Border Kids: Drop Dead|Patricia Murphy|July 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is during this time that many discover the underlying reasons for their addiction, and, ideally, work through them.
Hallucinating Away a Heroin Addiction|Abby Haglage|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST

While we work through another bottle, Vince speaks passionately about his Syrian friends.
War Nostalgia Is Leading Veterans to Places Like Syria. One Went Missing There.|Elliot Ackerman|May 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I should judge that a peck of corn is about the average product of a day's work through all this region.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
That he suffered intensely is evident from the fact that he never again attempted to work through the night.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
I was asking myself definitely whether, after all, it was not my particular job to work through them and not against them.
The New Machiavelli|Herbert George Wells
No craft like the Grampus could work through a floe, What knots she could run, and what tons she could stow!
The Book of Humorous Verse|Various
I made it a point to avoid losing a lot of work through bad management.
A California Girl|Edward Eldridge

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