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as in to shuffle
to move heavily or clumsily
the elephant lumbered through the jungle
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as in to stumble
to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually
the novel's plot lumbers to its predictable conclusion after 500 long pages
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as in to load
to place a weight or burden on
preparations that will lumber the expedition with unnecessary equipment and supplies
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Recent Examples of lumber
William Gavin, Quartz, 1 Oct. 2024
Loading your audio article With their backs against the wall in Thursday’s series finale against St. Louis, Colorado let loose with the lumber.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2024
Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Its lumbering, gross-out finale, in particular, is a problem, not so much blasting past the limits of good taste as grinding away at achieving bad taste.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 29 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Here’s what to know As Dagget noted, the effects of the strike will likely be far-reaching, likely causing ripple effects in industries that rely on materials like steel and lumber.
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On the tarmac, Vance let Usha board the plane first and then lumbered up the stairs, somewhat more in the manner of his dog than of his wife.
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The neighbor also later heard yelling coming from nearby woods.Antonio Planas, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Photo: Houlihan Lawrence Inc. The floor-to-ceiling windows in this listing photo of the living room open up into the woods.Clio Chang, Curbed, 8 Nov. 2024
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The same account posted a separate video showing a woman collecting her jacket from the back of her chair and shuffling past other people to get out of the row.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Things could be shuffled here soon after three linemen left the game with injuries.Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2024
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Surveyors reportedly stumbled upon the endangered bees during an environmental review of the area, forcing regulators to suspend the project.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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In the fall of 2022, a Princeton University graduate student named Carolina Figueiredo stumbled onto a massive coincidence.Charlie Wood, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
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Severe storms rumbled to life early Wednesday afternoon in parts of Kansas and Nebraska and quickly pushed into parts of Iowa and Missouri.Robert Shackelford, Taylor Ward and Eric Zerkel, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
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Highlighted by George Kittle’s 43-yard reception and rumble down to the goal line, and punctuated by Isaac Guerendo’s short touchdown run, the 49ers are in front.Andrew Greif, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024
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Rather than loading the basic controls into the touchscreen, the S3 has kept its physical controls for the heated seats and climate functions.Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Kremlin officials have previously confirmed that Russian strategic missile forces loaded Yars intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) into silos, including in December 2023 and late 2022.Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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The Mars family dealt in timber, cattle, medicine, and the law.Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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Often the trees are logged and exported as timber, the price of which has quadrupled in the past four decades.Simi Thambi, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Instead of stomping their feet, her parents could simply say her name.Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2024
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Dinosaurs stomp past, ice ages come and go, indigenous people hunt for food.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
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Thus, consumption of THCV can be beneficial for those who struggle with weight gain and/or food craving.Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Historians are struggling to recover their inexpressible secrets.Erin Maglaque, The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 2024
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“Lumber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lumber. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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