Slogs

(By the way, the cholesterol / lipoprotein discussions were the biggest of the reading "slogs" I mentioned in my first post, but if you really want to know, you'll really want to read it.) ❋ Unknown (2009)

While the U.S. remains mired in debt and slogs through a subpar economic recovery, Canada is moving ahead steadily. ❋ Jason Clemens (2011)

However, with a history of injuries and hard slogs behind him, Rua is as rundown as any twenty-nine-year-old fighter can be. ❋ Elliot Worsell (2011)

He's at his most brutal wielding the bat horizontally, with a range of shots that are effectively different points on a single massive scything arc, from slashes square of the wicket on the off side through murderous pulls, whips and slogs over the leg side. ❋ Richard Lord (2011)

Offsite then slogs and improves the quality of milk ❋ Unknown (2009)

Both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars had turned into long, bloody, and unpopular slogs. ❋ Gideon Rachman (2011)

Post music critic/vegan guy about town Chris Richards (who slogs for this Post blog) swears by the pizza at Astor Mediterranean in Adams Morgan (there's another location in Arlington, too), where you can get soy cheese on certain pies. ❋ Lavanya Ramanathan (2010)

But as the NFL lockout slogs on and an NBA lockout looms, their services have never been more in demand. ❋ Aditi Kinkhabwala (2011)

What is the effect of high unemployment on the U.S. economy as time slogs on, year after year? ❋ Al Lewis (2010)

I have not had it in a long time: I have had Sisyphean slogs. ❋ Mrissa (2010)

Sisyphean slogs are a great deal less fun, but they don't make me so nervous as calm. ❋ Mrissa (2010)

Unfortunately this is the lamer “balance solution” to the problem and turns combat into slogs. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Some poor, noble soul, who slogs through six grazillion mediocre fictive efforts every week, probably for no pay and solely out of obligation to Literature, thought your short story was a snoresgasbord." ❋ Unknown (2010)

No matter how long our jobless, house-poor, consumer-hobbled recovery slogs on, we'll be constantly reassured that trillions from the Fed and the U.S. government spared us from another Great Depression. ❋ Al Lewis (2011)

The rise in provisions matched the trend in the Greek banking system, which has seen a sharp rise in non-performing loans as the country slogs through a third year of a grinding recession, with the economy contracting 4.5% last year alone. ❋ Alkman Granitsas (2011)

There were plenty of times to bail, including the August town halls, the slogs through committee, and the Massachusetts election in January. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And does anyone think Tyra really slogs through the couple hundred photos to pick the “best”? ❋ Unknown (2009)