toil

This is an incredible start to their adult life; most working people take years of toil to get to that level.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026

That is the message from some companies that toil far from the public eye looking for ways to use fewer of the key minerals dominated by Beijing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

She started working at the pharmacy aged 15, and has cherished memories and friends from her decades of toil.

From BBC ● May 31, 2026

Most toil on the building sites of the Gulf and Saudi Arabia or in hotels and factories there, while others work in India and Malaysia.

From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026

She “takes on all the toil and worry of the painter’s life and is so willing to pose, I believe I’ll be a better artist with her than if I had won Kee Vos.”

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

John toils as a sheep farmer and weaver, and practices a fire-and-brimstone form of Presbyterianism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

As Baraa toils on, he longs for a return to a normal life with prospects of more profitable employment.

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2023

Even “Minari,” which chronicled the toils of a Korean immigrant family, offered a rare look at Asian American life in rural Arkansas.

From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2023

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

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

A native of Sonora, Mexico, Yepez and her husband toiled at various food trucks and restaurants until 2018, when they launched a series of stands named after their daughter: Ricos Tacos Naomi.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

County team — toiled for days to reach Gil, who worked as a security guard in an underground parking structure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026

This time, England lost a crucial toss and toiled while visiting openers Tom Latham and Devon Conway added 317.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

Before becoming a delivery driver, he toiled for nearly two years in factories, working 12-hour shifts while making about $170 a month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026

Wizards speak truth, and it was true that all the mastery of Names that Ged had toiled to win that year was the mere start of what he must go on learning all his life.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Working, after all, is how a majority of people must spend most of their waking hours, and toiling away in an industry or at a position you find grating will undoubtedly make you miserable.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

In 1940, Woody Guthrie sat in a Midtown Manhattan hotel, toiling over lyrics for what would become “This Land Is Your Land.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

In his 50 years of toiling the land, dealing with the odd mouse is normal, but "I've never seen it this bad, ever".

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

Sharda Devi, 55, a settler's daughter, recalls the first arrivals "toiling in some of the harshest conditions" to carve plantations out of the tangled forests.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

You make something, seems like, and spend the rest of your days toiling so it won’t go all unraveled.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver