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laboured

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Past of labour

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Juventus had laboured to snuff out the threat posed by AS Monaco for over an hour, their own attacking ambitions severely limited in response, but they were not wounded when at their most vulnerable and ultimately eased through the last quarter with the authority of a side who would not be beaten.

Sergio Ramos laboured in defensive midfield while Gareth Bale, having just returned from a calf injury, was peripheral.

Then came their Swedish breakthrough, though the band still laboured under the cumbersome name of Björn and Benny, Agnetha and Anni-Frid.

It is tempting to wonder whether their former club, Real Madrid, might have missed either player as they laboured to a 2-2 drawithth Villarreal.

The hosts dominated possession but laboured for long periods despite securing a first win in six matches, with Rooney conceding they "all could have done better".

If you've laboured all morning successfully resisting Dairy Milk Oreo bars, you'll suffer "will fatigue" and be more likely to shout at your dog in the evening.

Iain laboured on selecting and revising his poems in what turned out to be his last weeks.

His cousins say he was a hard worker, who laboured as fruit picker for various companies in the area.

Crows cawed about the gullies, flaunting their power of flight as I laboured sweatily in the morning sun.

However, we laboured through and, to my utter surprise, the baby loved it.

Drawing is frequently laboured and cramped, and you can imagine a man bent over the paper with a pencil or a pair of scissors, his tongue poking from the corner of his mouth and brow furrowed as he concentrates.

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