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(countable, uncountable, chiefly, British, AU, and, Canada) A long, tedious walk or march.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK

(countable, uncountable, chiefly, British, AU, and, Canada) A long, tedious walk or march.

It is as if Mr. Faulks had bled his own prose white, draining it of emotion in order to capture the endless enervating slog of war.
Origin: Probably a variation of slug or slough. Possibly related to slag, seen in the North Germanic languages, in association with the third verb and second noun definition. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “problem w being off on monday is its made the whole week feel like a slog”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Pokemon sword is a slog of a game but its art design and music are really great”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “i’d say the first half of s1 is a bit of a slog but things definitely pick up after that”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “i think i’ll still wait till evercold comes out to resub, though. i don’t want to slog through current gear progression and that way i’d get a neat “all of dawntrail + the beginning of evercold” double feature”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK

(countable, uncountable, chiefly, British, AU, and, Canada, by extension) A hard, persistent effort, session of work or period.

England's experimental line-up will have realised early on that this would be a long, hard slog against the multi-talented Brazilians with great strength in their starting line-up and on the bench.
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#3·Apr 27, 2026UK

(countable) A book or other media that is difficult to get through due to dullness, density, or lack of narrative momentum.

There, despite the long slog of the pandemic and all the distracting dramas at headquarters, the schools themselves have mostly kept it together.
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  • “We need you here, Peaches, and we’re here for you. We’ll all slog through this together until that joyous day arrives. 🩷🩷🩷”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “i could rant about it for hours, i genuinely do not understand why its the most popular one or why people love it so much!!!!!!!!! its the most shallow lukewarm nothingburger story on top of the most one dimensional boring slog of a journey as possible”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “This was a bit of a slog due to a lack of characterisation. It’s on the harder end of sci-fi, but would still be nice for a bit more humanity to bleed through #BookSky”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “転生した先が少女漫画の白豚令嬢…ちょっとユニークな世界観を楽しみたいときにおすすめかもしれません。 #PR #アマゾン #転生漫画 #少女漫画 #白豚令嬢 #コミック #B'sLOG #読書 https://jellyfarm.netlify.app/p/67888/”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “This is 90% of being a GM for tabletop games. Sure, you can pull up a bunch of stat blocks, and throw together some deadly encounters, but if your players don't have a reason to interact with them, every fight just feels like a slog to get to the next level up.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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