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• s  characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
  worked their arduous way up the mining valley
• s  taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance
  your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here"- F.D.Roosevelt
• s  difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill
  the arduous work of preparing a dictionary

• Our knees find an arduous descent down a steep slope more taxing than the ascent up the same slope.
• After the introduction of arduous and physical checks at the airports, the time taken for check in has increased manifolds.
• Let us finish this arduous task first and then enjoy the scenery.

• backbreaking
• grueling
• gruelling
• hard
• heavy
• laborious
• operose
• punishing
• toilsome
• straining
• strenuous

News & Articles

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• Update on Cory Holm
  As the Chukars battled through the peaks and valleys of their season, Holm and his family did the same on his long and arduous odyssey to recovery, in many ways mirroring the team he had been such a c
  June 14, 2013 - Argus Observer
• What Ariel Castro's plea signals
  An Ohio man accused of murder, rape and holding three women in a Cleveland house against their will pleaded not guilty Wednesday. His attorney said it was an effort to stave off a death penalty and an arduous trial.
  June 13, 2013 - CNN
• Not guilty plea for suspect in alleged decade-long Ohio kidnapping
  An Ohio man accused of murder, rape and holding three women in a Cleveland house against their will pleaded not guilty Wednesday. His attorney said it was an effort to stave off a death penalty and an arduous trial.
  June 12, 2013 - CNN

Quotes

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• Curt Schilling in ESPN
  It's been an incredibly arduous and long road and a process that's had its peaks and valleys, but John has stuck with me and worked as hard as I've ever had a pitching coach work to get me to where I need to be,Schilling said. "And Jason...
• Elena Kagan in CNN Political Ticker (blog)
  Senator Leahy that was...... this has been a sort of long process, this process and sometimes an arduous one,said Kagan. "I've only cried once during this process and I cried when I woke up one morning and I read that op-ed from Captain...
• Chris Gregoire in USA Today
  Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire said the latest development was "no surprise" and the state will "continue to work with others on the arduous process" of keeping the Sonics and the WNBA's Storm.