| 单词 | slog |
| 例句 | “Cowardice,” agrees Bastian, and the boy sits while the commandant slogs forward, nodding to himself, pleased. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The way they looked in the moonlight, slogging in the dust, I could imagine them to be spacemen on the moon. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Only once he had calmed down did we slog to the dark spot that meant land. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z She headed back into the wreck, slogging through the rush of the darkening waves. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z For the next three hours I slogged steadily up the glacier, pausing only to drink from my water bottle and replenish the snow supply in my hat as it melted into my matted hair. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z They’d spent long days slogging through the snow, freezing nights in whatever rudimentary shelter they could assemble or in the deserted huts of whaling camps when they were lucky enough to come across them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Lugging packs weighing more than fifty pounds, the young men slogged across muddy rice fields and cut through dense forests. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z As I slogged down the hall, my mind checked through a list of excuses for why I couldn’t hang out. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Then I have to slog through nine choices until finally I'm asked to hold for the next available customer service representative. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I dismounted to see a sluggish train of women and children and the occasional man, slogging through the mud in their best clothes. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The group continues to run down the tunnel, doing their best to slog through the rising river. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z They slogged all day down the southfacing slope of the watershed. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z It must actually be quite a depressing moment—to have slogged through a mountainous wilderness for ten or eleven weeks and to realize that for all that effort you are still but halfway there. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Somebody ought to tell him that he’s going to fight War Admiral,” one of them mused after watching Seabiscuit slog by. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Their small party found themselves slogging through a smooth, unbroken expanse of white that came halfway up their calves. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But more than that, the kindness of the surprise gift was the real treasure—a glimpse of ordinary humanity in the long, terrifying, and hellish slog of battle. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z In a dark windy weather we slogged along, trying to find encouragement in the sighting of Esherhoth Crags, the first thing not ice or snow or sky that we had seen for seven weeks. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The entire procession slogs past at little more than walking speed. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Fifty track workers slogged over the course, sponging the mud out of the puddles. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There was nothing for it but to carry on with my chores, pulling my overcoat even tighter about me as I slogged to the barn. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z As I slogged along I kept turning around and looking down the road behind me, trying to see around corners and through clumps of trees. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It tugged and drew at him as he slogged out of the surf, keeping the food high. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z As she slogged through the downpour, it became harder and harder to track the horses. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He stopped again, the other miners passing us by at a hard slog, the shift-change hour approaching. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Arul must have realized what a slog it was for me, because every now and then, he called out, “Nice work.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z After slogging through mud in the morning and waiting in long lines for latrines and something to eat, everyone was bleary-eyed and subdued. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “They tell everyone that. Principles of Sympathy is one of the classes you’ll have to slog through before they elevate you to E’lir.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He slogs over through waist-high weeds to where the doe lays. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I slogged up the plowed driveway from the gym, past the snow-dusted baseball field and the ice hockey rink to get to the schoolhouse. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z I slogged up to Joey’s window and knocked on it. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z In their company I attended grainy black-and-white movies in which ponderous, turtlenecked men slogged the stony beaches, cursing the gulls for their ability to fly. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He watched as the horses slogged through the mud, Seabiscuit dogging and taunting until Kayak pinned his ears and abruptly quit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They made their way closer, slogging through the water. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Barren Mountain was a strenuous slog, much of it straight up and all of it hot, though we seemed to be getting stronger. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z After four years of eating bug-infested rations, sleeping in cold and damp tents, and slogging night and day through thickets and mud, American men had had enough of rough pursuits. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z For two days I slogged steadily up the valley of ice. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z So Jesse slogged on, still holding off on a final decision, understanding the long odds. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I slog past them with my head bowed, the grass squishing beneath my feet. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z In their coveralls and helmets, they reminded me of newsreels I’d seen of soldiers slogging off to the front. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The fight slogged on, requiring more people, more money, more planes and technology. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The mutts’ noses will be abnormally keen, but possibly the time we spent slogging through water in drainpipes will help throw them. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I slogged bow-legged up from the beach as quickly as I could through the deep black volcanic sand. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He slogged through water, trying to find his way out. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I will him to come out to her, but the train jolts and slogs forward and still there is no sign of him; she’s alone. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z And he drove on out of the bells and out of town, thinking of himself slogging through the mud, hunting a team. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Rain drenches us as we work our bodies and then slog around the running course. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Everything else sort of feels like I’m slogging through a dream. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z With nothing to block it the wind flung wet gusts at me; at any other time I would have felt like a fool slogging through mud and rain, only to look at a tree. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z We slog back to the train in silence. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He slogged forward and with the rhythm of the paddling his brain settled into numbness again and soon he was in the same trance that had led him to sleep. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z As they slogged their way through the snow, a strange feeling began to grow on each of the men. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Waves from the pudding were slogging me back and forth, back and forth. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Fig slogged into the room with a soft “mew” and then rubbed up against my leg. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Even though the day had been one long, wet slog through an increasingly muddy forest, Kaede was absurdly pleased about the prospect of taking a walk through the Wood with Taisin. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She just slogged right in up to her knees, blue jeans and all, without the slightest regard. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Pain and weariness slogged through Mark’s arms and legs, making him want to collapse beside their unconscious friend. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z This is the story of her twelve-year slog to the middle class and of how hard it is to stay there. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Occasionally, he would exclaim over a view or regard with admiration some passing marvel of nature, but mostly to him hiking was a tiring, dirty, pointless slog between distantly spaced comfort zones. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Ishmael, with his shoulders hunched, his collar turned up, his pinned coat sleeve whipping in the wind, slogged through the snow to his office. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Clutching books and papers, we slogged from class to class, our arms wrapped around the material. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z We slogged through mud to a rear entrance, showed our I.D.’s, passed through another metal detector, and then marched down a long gray corridor. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you bring the broadside over to Number Three tonight and we’ll slog through that wretched thing together.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The next morning, at six A.M., they slogged through mud to the transit camp mess hall and ate canned figs and white bread from pie tins and drank coffee out of tin cups. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the soldiers slogged along the banks, a parallel but more laborious course. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Technology was supposed to liberate us from much of the daily slog, but has often made things worse: in 2002, fewer than 10% of employees checked their work email outside of office hours. Do you work more than 39 hours a week? Your job could be killing you 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z And in Greece, they loved the food but the hike up to the Parthenon was a slog, unlike the Athenian high jinks of the children’s Greek mythology graphic novels and Percy Jackson DVDs. Cobblestones? Check. Castles? Check. Budget? Check. Why Romania Is Worth the Trip. 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z The hills offer an antidote, the steep slog requiring little concentration, save that of avoiding cows and putting your feet in the right place to ensure you do not slip. Why I love … hill walking 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z This uphill slog to getting the green light was referenced in a happily ridiculous “For Your Consideration” video that Mr. Reynolds tweeted out last week, which cites 42 rejection letters from Fox. How ‘Deadpool’ Hit the Hollywood Awards Trail 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Late last night, after the dismal slog of the Golden Globes, when everybody was about to gratefully give up consciousness and go to bed and begin a new week, the terrible news hit. Growing Up with David Bowie 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z But then I remembered how Mr. Rakove ends “Revolutionaries,” with an impossibly wet sentence that, after you’ve slogged through more than 400 pages, is a bit like a slap in the face. Books of The Times: Jack Rakove?s ?Revolutionaries,? Founding Fathers 2010-05-30T21:07:00Z The praise stems from his cinematic mastery and treatment of profound themes; the misunderstanding, from the conventional wisdom that because Bergman treated profound themes, his work must be a slog. Review: ‘Searching for Ingmar Bergman,’ a Misunderstood Artist 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z It was kind of a slog, but also memorable. Please Don’t Ask Elizabeth Kolbert How She Organizes Her Books 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z As a result, running around the country pays smaller and smaller dividends — a festival in New York is as much a slog as one in California, but at least it’s closer. Why We’re Not Making Plans for Coachella and Bonnaroo 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z Feel like this season's going to be a long slog until Rick gets his mojo back & rallies the other communities to fight. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7, Episode 4: Negan Takes Over 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z They’re the literary equivalent of a week’s sailing trip, not a Thor Heyerdahl slog across an ocean, with reader and writer lashed to the mast. Critic's Notebook: Kindle Singles, Genre Between Magazine Articles and Books 2012-03-06T13:00:00Z Learning his lines for “Othello” while simultaneously performing in “Butley,” for instance, was “unrelenting hard slog and pain and misery,” Mr. West said. Dominic West in ?Appropriate Adult? on Sundance Channel 2011-12-04T03:49:03Z What could have been a revisionist slog opens into a more ambitiously ambivalent buddy movie. The Mystery of the Oscars: How Do You Really Vote for a Script? 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Instead, Mr. O’Connor presides over a somber slog, full of gorgeous vistas nicely captured by the cinematographer Mandy Walker. Review: In ‘Jane Got a Gun,’ Clear Skies, Followed by a Hail of Bullets 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Equally, it must be admitted that for those unfamiliar with Greene and his fiction, Iyer's book might be a slog. 'The Man Within My Head': Pico Iyer's unlikely muse 2012-01-18T21:16:08Z And we made sure seeing sights didn’t become a To Do List to slog through. On an international vacation, even unplugged teens find Turkish delights 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Even as certain pages proved a slog, certain scenes repetitive, even as I entertained heretical thoughts about pruning certain sections, or striking them entirely, these choices follow a certain logic. Hilary Mantel’s Triumphant New Novel Brings Thomas Cromwell Across the Finish Line 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z “Our wait list is lengthy; it might take a while to accomplish your heavenward slog, O — But trust me, ’twill feel like mere seconds compared with your voyage in ‘Doctor Zhivago.’ Style Invitational: A remeaning task — redefine a word 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Civility, sincerity: By the light of this year’s bitter slog, the sentiment feels cruelly satirical. Swinging the Vote: Jazz Inspired by the Presidential Race 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z I had accidented my way into this endeavor after a dizzying, years-long slog in sex work that began when I was 18 years old. In Italy, among the literary A-list, I find my own siren song 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z So the long, aimless slog through “The Children’s Crusade” begins with not that fascinating a family. Review: ‘The Children’s Crusade,’ by Ann Packer 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z For a while it’s going to be one day at a time, slogging through, some days better than others. My secretly bisexual husband 2012-05-22T00:00:00Z Billie Piper remains the only decent thing about it, but the endless zany editing and the fact that it's hard to like or care about a single character makes it something of a joyless slog. Tonight's TV highlights: A Farmer's Life For Me 2011-02-01T00:05:01Z This is an upshot to the predictable trials that families slog through together, again and again. The undeniable fun of chile con queso, before & after my parents' divorce 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z Through Jan. 3, railway passengers heading home for the holidays — or simply slogging through their daily commute — will coast through the mile-long Light Up the Track event. Ashland’s gift to train travelers: a holiday light spectacular along the tracks 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z A last-minute night session at the storied Electric Lady Studios, to record a song for a movie soundtrack, was a gift, not a slog. Clairo’s ‘Pretty Girl’ Went Viral. Then She Had to Prove Herself. 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Tales of backstage debauchery are a reader’s reward for slogging through endless reminiscences about a singer’s childhood pets or their parents’ divorce. Review | Rock-musician memoirs have a distancing effect, but Ben Folds is as relatable as ever 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z The films acted less as urgent calls to action than reminders of the long, hard slog required to hold big business accountable. Can a movie bring about major corporate change? 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z It makes their earlier tracks, under the name Games, sound like intellectual slogging. New Music 2011-06-06T23:12:56Z “Everything feels a little bit like a slog. I’m hearing a lot of that ‘just can’t be bothered’ kind of feeling.” Not tonight, darling: how the world lost its libido – and how it can get it back 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z And right now if you’re being invited to watch two people married to each other play two people married to each other, the art should justify the slog. Hey, Are You Looking at Me? Good. Now, Buzz Off. 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z But his father, burdened by debts, committed suicide when Axelrod was just 19, and the young man slogged through college before finding new father figures in the bosom of the newsroom of the Chicago Tribune. Political consultant David Axelrod delivers in revealing 'Believer' 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z "The Slap" continued to slog through with a 0.7 in the key demo. TV ratings: 'How to Get Away With Murder' season finale notches ABC win 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z When he started advanced Arabic classes in the next stage of his military training, he found himself once again slogging through vocabulary lists and grammar rules. What’s the secret to learning a second language? 2012-10-27T12:30:00Z A six-month slog toward the Oscars typically begins in September, as films like “The King’s Speech” and “Black Swan” woo the news media at festivals in Telluride and Toronto. The oscars: Could the Next Move Be to January? 2011-01-02T05:22:00Z The later games will likely be slogs, as they feature four teams at or below .500. What’s on TV Thursday: The Macy’s Parade and ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z I slog the three blocks to the drugstore in a toxic haze of germs, and halfway there my rheumy eyes focus on a dress in a shop window. All That a Mother-of-Bride Dress Reveals, Inside and Out 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z As for what churns beneath its opulent surface, it’s still a rather dreary slog. Review: Divine Decadence Revisited in ‘Grand Hotel’ 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z The program has drilled into them and the other fellows, many of whom also have long slogs into Manhattan, a rigorous punctuality. Falling for the Lure of the Stage. The Backstage. 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Dromgoole and Mr. Buckhurst’s production seems conceived to reach as wide an audience as possible, in particular winning over those spoilsports who find Shakespeare a dreary slog. Theater Review: Michael Benz in ‘Hamlet’ at the Schimmel Center 2012-10-03T21:57:28Z In the days and weeks that followed, the Allies slogged their way through France. Europe: 100 years of war and transformation University Center/Lake Room — Julia Keller, cultural critic Sunday Memoir writing: How do you turn a life story into something more than a slog through boring facts? What to see at the Printers Row Lit Fest 2011-06-03T15:17:00Z In less skillful hands, this could be a slog. Nuclear Nightmares 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Erivo did most of her own stunts for “Harriet,” slogging through muddy terrain and freezing cold water, not to mention the emotional turmoil of portraying a woman who risked her life to free her people. We all know Harriet Tubman was a hero. The stars of ‘Harriet’ want you to see her humanity. 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Or maybe it’s simply because the products themselves have gotten so much better, with engaging and sharp gameplay that’s a far cry from the typical slog of Monopoly. The Cold War-themed board game that feels more relevant than ever 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z It adds area maps with fast travel points, eliminating Destiny's pointless slogs to and from orbit. Destiny 2 Would Be Amazing Except For This One Huge Problem 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z My time is stretched beyond all measure, and Westworld is such a tonally flat slog of obfuscated meaning, that I’m already tempted to just watch the video and be done with it. Losing the plot: could Westworld's plan to release spoilers have worked? 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z Allow me, then, to remind you of some bright spots amid the slog. A Fraught Oscars Season Limps to the Finish Line 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z Taylor Swift is a massively successful singer-songwriter, whose own hard slog as composer and performer has taken her to the top. Women we love to love and women we love to hate 2013-03-22T22:00:00Z Without him, "Ghost Protocol" would be a grim slog indeed. 'Mission: Impossible ? Ghost Protocol': Gadgets, stunts star 2011-12-14T19:27:04Z A group of about 25 tourists once walked by as we were slogging through Kenny’s drills, and a few of them joined in. Urban Athlete: Hearts Beating Faster on High 2011-06-03T01:05:17Z Bien sûr, there are moments during the slog of fashion week when the last thing in the world you want is to be surrounded by other style mavens. | Pret-?-Bouffer in Paris 2010-09-28T19:05:00Z He adds, "The first two 'Expendables' were hardly great movies, but they contained enough moments of campy fun to make them passable entertainment in the dregs of August. This installment's an unremittingly leaden slog." 'The Expendables 3': Action franchise is over the hill, reviews say 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z I couldn’t get any wetter, so I slogged through the water and plopped down on the stream bank. Seeking refuge in the wild: Hiking in Chilean Patagonia This required Mando to slog through filth and sweating through tetanus traps, taking on nearly all the stunts seen in Nacho's flight. "Better Call Saul" star on playing "the only character breaking good when everybody's breaking bad" 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z That was a miserable slog of a show determined to sell out the Muppets – and Kermit in particular – at every turn. Save Kermit! Why the Muppets debacle is so devastating 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z A lot of people at our age at the time — early 20s or 30s—slogged over there at the time and started doing our thing. TV on the Radio Talks Seeds: “Much to Our Surprise, We Know what we’re doing now”: 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z And of those staying overnight, the vast majority trundled their coolers and boogie boards straight to the campground, a short slog from the ferry dock. On Cumberland Island, you don’t have to choose between roughing it and pampering yourself 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z I'm in the dust and the dirt and the slog. Zero Dark Thirty: Jason Clarke confesses 2013-01-18T14:00:00Z Yes, it's true that for its major players, the current awards season can feel like a long slog. Holding Oscars earlier would be tricky 2010-06-24T03:55:00Z Other actresses, including Hathaway and Chastain, emphasized the hard slog and self-doubt in the acting trade. The Golden Globe Awards: Big Wins for Argo and Les Misérables 2013-01-14T09:59:52Z Structured around a countdown to the ultimate prize, the story is a soapy slog of sabotage and betrayal. ‘Birds of Paradise’ Review: Dirty Dancing 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z The series isn’t all hard slogging, though; Cenac also explores things like goat yoga classes, which can only be called amusing. The Best Movies and TV Shows New to Netflix, Amazon and More in April 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z But clouds and crowds might make your trip a slog anyway. This Thanksgiving, Full Planes to Go With Full Plates 2023-11-17T05:00:00Z If an egg spoon or a bespoke butter pot is the thing that brings joy to the daily slog, so be it. An enamel butter warmer is the not-so-frivolous luxury I want for fall 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z But before the digital age, information design coups were the heroic products of old-fashioned physical slog and intellectual ingenuity, not technology. An Early Triumph in Information Design 2010-05-23T16:00:00Z “The last day of filming is rarely a punch-in-the-air moment. It’s usually a hard slog at the end of the day. Everyone wants to go home,” says Craig. Daniel Craig on bidding Bond goodbye in ‘No Time to Die’ 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z But the time before then shouldn’t be thought of something to be endured or, at worst, a slog. Review: The Philharmonic Departs From Business as Usual 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z I suspect it’s gone down a bit since, but again, these indicators help explain the slog in which we’re stuck. We’ve been brainwashed 2012-06-14T17:21:00Z A director must know exactly what to say with the piece; anything else is bound, as here, to be a slog of a recitation. The Ups and Downs of Europe’s Most Interesting Opera Festival 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z "I've been slogging away for years and years and nobody's given me anything to do with music which I think shows strong critical faculties on their part," he joked after the ceremony. Lyricist Richard Stilgoe knighted 2012-10-04T16:20:42Z “It’s like running — it takes 20 minutes to get there, it’s a hard slog, but once you’re there, you’re in the zone,” he said. The Carpetbagger: Cuarón, McQueen or Russell, Who Will Catch Oscar’s Eye? 2014-01-29T22:46:47Z But this kind of slog is unprecedented for modern Canada, which is used to having election seasons that last about 50 days. 11 weeks of campaigning is too long? Oh, Canada! 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z Wyard said some in the industry think that timeline may be ambitious given the scale of the changes, but for many it feels like a long slog. USDA moves forward with sweeping plans to prevent fraud in organics 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z On my most recent outing – a joyless slog through Islington and Hackney – I had to bully my legs almost 6,000 times. ‘There is a thrill to seeing your stomach getting flatter’: why I run 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z Despite the film’s flaccid gestures toward the sexism of the period — to boost sales, the women’s pictures are added to their bylines — “Boston Strangler” is a dreary, painfully stylized slog. ‘Boston Strangler’ Review: Chasing a Killer (and a Byline) 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z There are some duds that simplistically slog along. Let?s Go Eat the Factory: Guided by Voices' Lo-Fi Reunion 2012-01-04T13:46:41Z There was just one problem: he found circuses a slog. The wisdom of clowns 2011-03-17T07:59:00Z You made the snide comment because you’re just slogging through an emotionally untenable situation, step by grudging step, without pursuing some clear way to fix it. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Disparaging hubby in front of kid is the symptom, not the problem 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z Watching “The Spy Who Came in from the Cold” now — the Criterion Collection released an excellent DVD in 2008 — you can still feel the grim, gray slog of the cold war in your bones. Adapting John le Carr? Novels for the Movies 2011-09-18T00:03:03Z A few blocks away, at the Palacio de Bellas Artes, a short line of visitors waited at the ticket booth, young mothers with toddlers slogged up the steep marble staircase to reach the great murals. My Mexico City is everyone’s now 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z They challenge us to scale them, slogging to their highest peak, tripping and stumbling and sweaty, until we arrive and finally turn to see the view below. Why I love … hill walking 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z After the long slog of two live transmissions each week, the presenters began what was ironically called "the summer break" by travelling the world on filming expeditions. Rosemary Gill obituary 2011-03-18T18:47:51Z She finds Richards’s critically adored memoir a rambling slog. Prime Cuts From Jenny Diski’s Catalog of Intimate, Witty Essays 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z Now, as they slogged from house to house, they played the same “game” they played in hurricanes, plane crashes sites, and weekly trainings during their three and a half years together. A dog rescued from 'kill list' helps save lives in disaster zones 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Having spent the winter slogging through a dizzying calendar, it was time for a change of pace. Single in Chicago 2012-07-06T18:26:33Z But the work of getting here has been in many ways a muddy slog, as Tharp has chronicled in an illuminating series of blog posts for the New York Times. Twyla Tharp’s unceasing quest to reveal truth in human movement 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Her performance salvages a film that without her would be a laborious slog down a well-trodden path. Movie Listings for July 31-Aug. 6 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z A treat for chefs and foodies and a slog for everyone else, “El Bulli: Cooking in Progress” fastidiously documents one year in the creative life of the esteemed Spanish chef Ferran Adrià. | 'El Bulli': Pushing Cuisine?s Envelope, on a Molecular Level 2011-07-26T16:43:02Z After four episodes–what Fox sent to critics–it was just exhausting, a numbing, gross-out slog. The Following: Bloody Awful 2013-01-22T14:05:43Z I was very alone, and it was hard, and it was a slog. "Hilariously Infertile": Karen Jeffries on finding the comedy in reproduction 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Following her time in Soviet jail was enlightening, as far as a depiction of life in Soviet jail goes, but was also a true slog. This Twist Proves That 'The Americans' Is a TV Game-Changer 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z In an email, Matt Bors, an editor of The Nib, said the update was commissioned because “2016 has been such a gross, depressing slog.” Why ‘This Is Fine’ Is the Meme This Year Deserves 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z But the movies around his astute observations about life are generally slow-footed slogs, in desperate need of editing. 'Tyler Perry's Good Deeds': Well-intentioned and so-so as ever 2012-02-24T23:15:05Z Sopko oversees one of the most difficult and dangerous civilian assignments left in Afghanistan as Uncle Sam extracts himself from that 13-year slog, the longest U.S. war. ‘It’s John against the world right now’ It is fortunate that Arnold disregarded that advice and spent months slogging through the Amazon to research his debut book, “The Third Bank of the River.” A Writer’s Trip Into the Amazon Reveals Brazil and Himself 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Maybe in a future draft of the play, the rescue journey won’t be such a slog. Review | No shoo-in success for two new plays about female artists 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z The dinner was a slog, the speeches too long. D.C.’s Hirshhorn museum celebrates its 40th anniversary — in New York 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z The newfound sense of possibility might be so powerful that it obscures the fact that trying to meet people and go on dates is often a disappointing slog. ‘Hot Vax Summer’ is coming. Can it possibly live up to the hype? 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z Every moment of “Witness Worldwide” I saw felt heavy with promotional intention, and low on spontaneity or frankness—which is also what makes the album itself a slog. Live-Streaming the Newly Serious Katy Perry 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z Of all the TV I slogged through in the 2010s, it’s the show I most look forward to someday watching again. Perspective | The best TV of the decade? It’s a lot to sort out. 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z Without her, “Divergent” would be a grim slog indeed. ‘Divergent’: the latest product from the teen-warrior factory 2014-03-19T23:09:16Z Mostly, though, “Truth or Dare” is a wearying slog through crushed feelings and mangled bodies. Review: Trapped in a Deadly Game of ‘Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare’ 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z I thought the book would be a dense read, a slog, with a struggle for my brain on every page. Tom Hanks: By the Book 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z A nearby family, picnicking on the now-populated beach, watched with amusement as I slogged onto the beach and sat down in a sodden but contented heap. A relatively undeveloped island off Puerto Rico mainland offers solitude (amid unexploded bombs) 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z Photograph: Charles Sykes/AP Broadway's best are gearing up for the annual slog through song, dance and jazz hands as the Tony Awards goes big – and long – for theatre's big night. Tony awards: New York braced for razzle-dazzle at Sunday ceremony 2012-06-10T15:25:18Z The next day our ride along a deserted, hazy stretch of beach turned into a 25-mile slog. 4,000 Miles, Seven Countries: An African Adventure on Two Wheels 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Those poor viewers willing to take on this Freudian tale and its dialogue rivaling “The Room” must brave a ludicrous slog for crumbs. ‘The Lost Girls’ Review: Wendy’s Telling of Peter Pan 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z We have to slog through enough grimness every day; there’s no reason you should be forced to watch it on TV too. Louis CK and Zach Galifianakis’s Baskets: tears and rages of a clown 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z As they will discover, degree ceremonies are soon followed by a lifetime in the harsh outside world, where success requires diligence and plenty of long, hard slog. Why do celebrities get honorary degrees? 2010-07-14T10:02:00Z Local 22 President David McIntyre described the negotiation as a “long, hard slog.” Kennedy Center stagehands reach agreement with the performing arts venue, sparing ‘Hadestown’ from cancellation 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z Navigating those logistical intricacies, Burns admits, can be a slog. A Labor Movement for the Artists Who Make Popular Culture Move 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Instead of by taxi through the Midtown Tunnel or that long slog on the A train from Howard Beach? Rockaway Ferry 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Oscar nights almost always drag on too long, but this one was a slog almost from the very beginning. Oscars 2015: Passionate Speeches, but Few Surprises 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z “When is it all going to stop being such a slog?” Review: In ‘Catastrophe,’ True Love Is Not Convenient 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z We slogged through, with no end in sight, and there was wailing. The Year in Limbo 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z One might understand that more precisely after a slog through the first two episodes. Assessing the Apple TV+ new series, from "The Morning Show" to "For All Mankind" 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z One big difference between her month of marathons and everyone’s slog through the pandemic is that her ordeal is more clearly finite. Not a sprint: endurance experts on how to make it through lockdown 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z Unique premise aside, “Memory” is an absurd slog. ‘Memory’ Review: Getting Too Old for This 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z When Nevada rolls around in a little over a week, followed by South Carolina and the rest of this hideous electoral slog, remember this feeling of liking her. Perspective | You like Amy Klobuchar now? Remember that when your inner sexist starts doubting her. 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z It may be a real slog getting there and, apparently, cuddly rats will die. 'iZombie' recap: Baby fever strikes in Maternity Liv 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z As our region and country slog through an elongated recession, with no clear signs of recovery and boom in sight, holding the line on production costs is only prudent. Critic's notebook: In a time of cutbacks, some love for the big cast on stage 2011-08-10T19:48:03Z Origins stories about superhero teams are always a slog, because the audience has to be introduced to multiple characters in quickfire fashion. How the Power Rangers reboot morphed into a surprising triumph 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z It's a slog – unabridged it would be 100 hours – but both Gibbon's prose and Madoc's reading are rich, dense, magisterial and satisfying. Sue Arnold's audiobook choice – review 2012-06-22T21:55:11Z It’s not hard to recall countless times when you put in the effort to succeed: slogging through university finals, preparing for job interviews, tolerating a soul-killing commute. Don’t think you’re lucky? Think again | Oliver Burkeman 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z It was a free slog to the batsmen, who got fours and sixes in droves. Marion Cotillard to star in next Dardenne brothers film 2013-02-26T17:34:48Z Here he redirected his analytic mind to his paralyzing grief, mocking the language of recovery, preferring “numb slog” to “healing journey.” A Year When Death Loomed in the Laughter 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z “What was once one of the most prestigious gigs in journalism has become a daily slog” now that there’s no downtime in the Trump era, wrote Michael Calderone of Politico. Perspective | For the sake of journalism, stop the White House correspondents’ dinner 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z As Ben Collins, it's a hard slog; no one's heard of you. TV's unsung heroes 2010-10-01T23:03:00Z The financial jargon might be a bit hard to follow, but the more human elements of the story make it worth slogging through. Billions: Showtime’s power-mad Wall Street drama is worth investing in 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z But it is a hard slog: right now, I'm doing two shows a day, and flying on the high-wire, even though I'm terrified of heights. Cilla window 2010-12-21T09:59:41Z He plays up a mock indignation, ever the movie martyr, but Wilson hardly rues the slog. The man behind the Razzies: 'Brian de Palma had no talent' 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z But going through the material was a slog, especially before digitization. John Prados, Master of Uncovering Government Secrets, Dies at 71 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z If an egg spoon or a bespoke butter pot is the thing that brings joy to the daily slog, so be it. An enamel butter warmer is the not-so-frivolous luxury I want for fall 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z They’re also at an ideal age for enduring the campaign slog. Millennial Reporters Grab the Campaign-Trail Spotlight 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z “You get the movies for a week, so you have seven days to slog through ’em,” the 61-year-old explains in his twangy, singsong voice. The man behind the Razzies: 'Brian de Palma had no talent' 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Not quite a two-hour slog but definitely need to get outside for some air. Cannes 2012: Reporter's Diary 2012-05-19T10:54:30Z Two of the Australians were already suffering a little, taking each step as though slogging through a bog of molasses. Hiking the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal Before Roads Take Over 2010-03-20T00:19:00Z One Direction – the most exciting pop group on the planet, according to Cowell – slogged their way through a witless cover of Something About The Way You Look Tonight. The X Factor 2010: the lessons we've learnt from this year's show 2010-12-10T12:08:00Z Those undercurrents go almost completely missing in the far drearier sequel, which amounts to an interminable slog of soapy love-talk and fetishy sex scenes. Women almost never direct big movies. ‘Fifty Shades’ shows why that matters. 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z “What I’m trying to do is tell the story of June’s survival and victory and it’s a long, slow slog.” New season of 'Handmaid's Tale' not meant to be 'torture to watch,'... 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Such was the case for “Gentleman’s Guide” in its long slog to the fund-raising finish line. On Broadway Today, a Name Above the Title Isn’t That Hard to Get 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z As the calendar pages flip and I am forced to slog slowly through the process of writing the next column, I fret, I worry. Wife/Mother/Worker/Spy: Altered by a Sewing Machine 2009-12-17T06:11:40Z "We've been on tour a long time and sometimes it feels like a slog," he admits after the heavenly Set It Right's symphonic list of his most-missed people. How to Dress Well – review 2012-11-06T11:15:38Z Even when everyone is doing their job well, and many do, the treatment of mental illness is a slog. 'It's nothing like a broken leg': why I'm done with the mental health conversation 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z It was easier walking than riding, passing over and under fallen trees, and slogging through sucking mud. Touring Maine’s Newest — and Largest — Parcel of Federal Land 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z Follow his journey every Wednesday as he wines, dines, slogs and blogs his way through Latin America, uncovering the high life at peso-pinching prices. Frugal Traveler: Lunching in S?o Paulo 2010-11-17T21:20:00Z I cannot fathom how she finds the energy, much less the fortitude, to still be slogging it out on the campaign trail. Hillary Clinton’s Moment, and My Own 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Nearly a year later we're slogging through some version of burnout, making us especially vulnerable to seductive promises of rebirth and renewal. Nicole Kidman is ready to Goop you now in Hulu's hollow "Nine Perfect Strangers" 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z I've gone through through unfathomable amounts of sugar, butter, flour and eggs, and I don't know if the verb I'd use for that process is "blazed" or "slogged." My year of obsessive, indifferent baking 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z Such campaigns are slogs, but this one paid off when in March 2010 Bigelow became the first woman to win best director. For the First Time Ever, I’m Optimistic About Women in the Movie World 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Ruth Graham of Slate writes, “it’s the kind of swath-yourself-in-bubble-wrap thinking that has turned modern pregnancy into a nine-month slog of joyless paranoia.” Birth control for everyone: Instead of scolding about alcohol, the feds should promote contraception for everyone 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z I slogged up a mountain of pain to bring back my children alive. Childbirth is my extreme sport 2013-09-08T00:00:00Z In the past, I’ve found the recording of this Philip Glass “pocket opera,” adapted from Kafka’s short story, to be a bit of a slog. 10 Classical Concerts to Stream in April 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Many movies, books or shows are metaphorical slogs. ‘Touching the Void’ Review: Choices That Shape a Life on the Edge 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z A Google search can narrow things down faster that putting filters on booking sites or slogging through user reviews — and you don’t need to be as specific. Readers Respond to Hotel Saving Tips 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z But any decision you make after a thought process like this will be far better than simply resigning yourself to slog through the rest of your days, which is all that “too late” really means. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: You’re never ‘too old to go for therapy’ 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z It’s less about an immediate tragedy than a long slog in the face of adversity. Review: Bent by the Pandemic, the Graham Company Dances On 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Now it is in heavy rotation, but it will be a hard slog for those who'd rather not work as hard for an emotional payoff. A summer soundtrack: Janelle Mon?e, The Hold Steady, The Roots and more 2010-08-04T21:56:00Z Life with this aunt is not as bad as it was for Cinderella under her stepmother, but the girls' lives are a hard slog, quickly filled with crushing hopelessness. In Daniel Sada's ticklish 'One Out of Two,' twins raise questions about self and identity 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z For the most part, "The Wildwood Chronicles" series moves along at a snappy pace, although some young readers may find parts of the books a slog. 'Wildwood Chronicles' conjures a Portland fantasy 2014-03-26T13:22:10Z Your three strongest impressions from the marathon slog? Hank Stuever on TV: It’s okay to stop watching ‘The Leftovers’ Seventy-six young men led the prison gang, with a hundred-and-ten-mile slog just begun. Style Invitational Week 1078: Hyphen the Terrible — neologisms plus winning parodies Most of whom they encounter are only focused on survival, and more than a few are dressed like salarymen, corporate drones slogging through dead-end careers. Forget "The Stand" – "Alice in Borderland" is the wild dystopian ride we've been waiting for 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z Likewise, Mr. Greif’s direction exploits every opportunity to amp up the theatricality of what could be, in less confident hands, a heavier slog. Review: In ‘Make Believe,’ Four Children Meet Their Inner Adults 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z To reach those blissful later years, however, many of us slog through around a decade of grinding dissatisfaction. ‘The Happiness Curve’ Review: Midlife Slump and Late-Life Upswing 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z The first act has always been a bit of a slog, heavy with big blocks of exposition-crammed speeches. | 'The Road to Mecca' : ?Road to Mecca? at American Airlines Theater - Review 2012-01-18T03:01:07Z This week on his path to love, slogs through yet another tedious group date with approximately 9,432 girls playing beach volleyball for love. The Bachelor Watch: Sean Lowe Kissed The Girls — and Made Them Cry 2013-01-22T14:19:55Z I kept experiencing an eerie feeling of recognition as I slogged through the book as if I had, only yesterday, read an identical text that I couldn’t place. A Prize-Winning Blend of Fact and Fiction Makes Itself at Home in the Minds of Killers 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Did you enjoy the training or was it a slog? KiKi Layne: 'It hasn’t hit me yet – I’m going to be Eddie Murphy’s daughter!’ 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z Does it bring up fun memories from filming, or is it a slog? VIDEO: Kermit and Pepe on How to Promote a Muppets Movie 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z “Families should encourage kids to pick just-right books that are really comfortable for them and don’t cause anxiety or a sense of slogging through.” How to get kids to look away from their screens and take pleasure in books 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z For actresses, award season is a slog in borrowed clothes and cruel shoes, but Close is reveling in it. Perspective | This Oscars season has been a mess. Thankfully, we have Glenn Close. 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z He approached with the fear that it might be a depressing slog. ‘Get Back’ series dispels, and confirms, some Beatle myths 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Better yet is Bicht's story of the long slog which took him to this year's win. The importance of being Ernest 2010-07-28T14:52:00Z Because, christ, the last one was a slog. Losing the plot: could Westworld's plan to release spoilers have worked? 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z On one mission, you are slogging through the snowy tundra; on another, you are battling the North Vietnamese army in the jungle; and on yet another, you are commanding a helicopter mowing down remote villages. Game On: 'Call of Duty: Black Ops' one of the year's best 2010-11-18T05:16:00Z It’s kind of offensive to the other people, who’ve been slogging through. “Detropia”: Can Detroit be saved? 2012-09-07T17:45:00Z It’s a relief, though, after a long, rough slog, to have such a happy problem to solve. Motherlode Blog: Widowed, and Keeping Dates Like ‘Glamourpuss’ and ‘Crunchy Dad’ at a Distance 2013-07-14T14:02:31Z And yet I wonder how else I would have made it through the temporal slog of an era when neologisms like Blursday entered the language with good reason. The First of the Year 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z Rather than a living human drama, this “Raymonda” feels like a long slog through a storybook. Mariinsky Ballet’s ‘Raymonda’ comes slowly to life 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z But after slogging through both recently, I remain staunch in my opinion that the book is among the most drearily indigestible of so-called modern classics, and the movie rich in visual atmosphere but dramatically flaccid. Review: ‘Doctor Zhivago,’ the Broadway Musical 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z There were moments in the day when it felt like a tough slog. Fashion Review: Nice Way to Fold the Tents 2010-02-19T22:17:00Z The traumatic shadow of Charlottesville looms large, as does the grueling slog of the administration’s fourth year, but all three directors said the process of filming was ultimately hopeful. 'We just keep fighting': behind an urgent, inspiring film about the ACLU 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z “It’s not that different than slogging through mud.” Extreme Obstacle Course Races Forge a Bond in Mud and Guts 2012-12-07T23:56:00Z That period is an intense eight-year spasm of European history, when the region lurched toward and then slogged through World War I, and modern art — born of Post-Impressionism, Fauvism and Cubism — spread like wildfire. Art Review: Modernism From a World in Convulsion 2011-02-10T23:01:06Z Delivering a eulogy is never easy at the best of times, and it’s an especially tough slog for Milo, whose best friend, Roman, has recently died. ‘A Eulogy for Roman’ Review: Farewell to a Friend, With Help From the Audience 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z It was winter and the trains slogged through enchanted forests and past emerald lakes to places where castles and universities jostled in the mind beside evidence of man-made problems. | Party of One 2013-05-09T08:00:38Z Still, for many young parents, it is an exhausting slog. Growing up fast: why parenting in your 20s is the new punk 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z For the next nine miles I ignored the views I’d come for and studied the white line at my wheel as I slogged toward the crest of Tin Cup Mesa. A Bicycle Tour Through Remote Southwest Canyon Country 2010-07-31T04:30:00Z The interview was all an uphill slog from there. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Imagine an awful job interview. Now picture it conducted by Russian bots. 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Army, served in Vietnam and returned an invalid, diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a wretched 13-year slog until his death in 1980. Gloria Estefan left Cuba as a young child, but the island defines her, and her music 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z The next morning it took 20 minutes to drive over the range we’d spent two days slogging across. Explorer: Skiing Igloo-to-Igloo Across the Grand Tetons 2011-03-04T19:55:00Z Otherwise, it’s a long slog to a second duet, “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again,” that at least sends Chuck and Fran out on a high. Katherine Soper’s ‘Wish List’ Blazes on London Stage 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z As we slogged through formalizing details, making adjustments to already-changed lives and weighing the financial risks, we commiserated over the ridiculousness, the costs, even the pain. ‘We Found Our Groove in Splitting Up’ 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z It’s going to be a long slog back up. Ultrarunner Zach Miller: ‘I love digging in the pain cave’ 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z That destiny was a nightmare slog through endless miles of mud, with shoulders hunched against an unending rain of steel from German guns. Books of The Times: ‘Poilu,’ a French Memoir About Serving on the Western Front 2014-04-20T21:11:41Z We all have areas of our life that we get really f**king burnt out on, but for whatever reason we feel like we have to keep slogging along through the mud. The secret to Jim James’ solo album “Uniform Distortion”: “Turn off your phone and open y... 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z Messina didn't shy from the tough slog ahead, however. Obama, Democrats raised $43.6 million in April 2012-05-16T12:17:00Z Sadly, the rest of the first episode is a slog. Netflix's Sense8 is the Wachowskis' very own Lost, with a few big flaws 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z The three younger boys are with her as she slogs through rush-hour traffic on a brisk November afternoon. How a small school for gifted kids in the D.C. exurbs gets big results 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z But "Eat Pray Love" is mostly a slog; never giving us a compelling reason why its heroine does what she does, or how she became quite so tiresomely self- absorbed. 'Eat Pray Love': Wait, hope, despair 2010-08-12T22:14:00Z Even with the high-tech gear, it’s still a slog over rough terrain, a hard sell to convince those who don’t understand the thrill of running a coonhound. Virginia laws used to force raccoon hunters to take Sunday off. Not anymore. 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z The adventure would require several marathon drives, such as the monotonous 7½-hour stretch between Reno, Nev., and Salt Lake City, and the almost nine-hour slog from Denver to Kansas City, Mo. Perspective | Pro tips for planning a long-distance road trip 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Instead these poor dancers slog away, mired in an idea of a performance that is, in the end, more oppressive than the societal codes they seek to convey. Dance Review: The Methods of Maleness, Kilts Included 2011-01-07T21:47:47Z As for Farrell, if you have to slog a few thousand miles on foot, having a companion as interesting as his Valka is essential. The Way Back: A Good Walk, Almost Spoiled 2011-01-21T09:35:00Z The outcome is deeply unsatisfying; it’s an endurance test without the major loans that typically reward a long slog through the galleries. Art Review | 'Picasso and the Avant-Garde in Paris': Picasso and Peers at Philadelphia Museum of Art 2010-04-01T22:49:00Z Until then, it had been a bit of a tough slog. Chekhov Two Ways, With a Robot and Baryshnikov Along for the Ride 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z The weeks leading up to the Oscars are a fanciful slog of cocktail parties, luncheons, lesser award shows and industry screenings, all of which I chronicle daily in my role as the Carpetbagger columnist. The Carpetbagger: Glimmers of Hope for Small Films During Glittery Oscar Promotions 2010-12-01T22:58:00Z It's been a long slog for Cuiaba, which like Manaus, had to lobby hard to be chosen as a World Cup venue. World Cup gives dusty farm city its day in the sun 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z But what he thinks he’s accomplished by doing so is never very clear, and the product — sloppy even by guerrilla filmmaking standards — has no revelations to offer that are worth the slog of watching it. Movie Review: A Fake Danish Comedy Troupe Goes To North Korea, With Strange Results 2010-12-28T22:46:46Z Over all, it was a bit of a slog. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7 Premiere: Negan’s Victim Is Revealed 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z Playing Monopoly—which so often begins with cheerful ambition and devolves, after weary hours, into a sighing slog toward a lonely end—seems not entirely unlike writing a book. Playing Monopoly With the Woman Who Wrote the Book on It 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z It is because the baseball season is interminable, a grueling slog where success is dependent only partially on talent but also on endurance, which involves so-called intangibles such as chemistry, morale and momentum. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Take me out to the Old. Word. Game. 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z You’ll be on the beach, slogging through sand all day, so comfort is key. Coastal Summer Music Fest 2011-05-09T16:50:06.427Z He slogs through rural antiques fairs and makes a few hundred or thousand dollars a day, identifying unmarked Victorian glass hyacinth vases and colonial blanket chests to resell at a profit. Antiques: A Faberg? Exhibition Without ?Fauxberg?s? 2011-06-30T20:30:04Z And speaking of Australia, 5 Seconds of Summer -- well, actually, let's not speak of this Sydney-based pop-punk troupe at all, so dull and witless was its slog through the acoustic ballad "Amnesia." MTV Video Music Awards 2014: Beyonce shows the stars how it's done 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z Anyone who remembers the battle of wills they undertook with their bulging bladder as The Return of the King lumbered into its 12th consecutive final scene will know what a slog those films can be. A Lord of the Rings TV series? Nobody has the stamina 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z It’s been a long slog of a November. The 12 Classical Pieces Times Editors Recommend This Week 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Onward I slogged, from tabletop plain to forests of pinyon and juniper to gravel culvert and back again. This North Dakota Bike Trail Is Stunning. Just Hope You Survive It. 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Through her characters’ eyes, summer camp is the more euphoric of the two; activism is largely a hopeless slog. In the Colorado Desert, a Debut Novelist Finds a Metaphor for Israel and Palestine 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Still, Fox faces an uphill slog to remain relevant in an increasingly fragmented media world. Kevin Reilly announces resignation as Fox Entertainment chairman 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z There is a comic, bumbling aspect to Arvid’s questing, and even, as in the sucker-punch incident, some moments of Scandinavian slapstick, which keep the book from turning into a Strindbergian slog. Books of The Times: ?I Curse the River of Time,? Per Petterson?s Lost Soul 2010-08-11T17:11:00Z While there is a certain glamour in architectural practice, the truth is that much of the work involved is the stuff of hard slog. RIBA v Bieber and Barbie: the battle for architecture's future 2011-03-04T17:41:16Z The long slog facing an aspiring astronaut, she said, calls for the same traits that were useful as she pressed lawmakers: she describes herself as “patient and pathologically optimistic”. Meet the 24-year-old who could change how the US handles sexual assaults 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Shot in the Czech Republic, the film is brooding, dramatically impoverished and, at 2hr.14min., a significant slog. In Child 44, Tom Hardy Slogs Through a Stalin-Era Procedural 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z In addition, this was no gradual ascent but a rigorous uphill slog over volcanic rocks, tree roots and mud. In Bali, hiking a volcano to greet the sun 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Now, I reread The Feminine Mystique recently, and it's frankly a bit of a slog. My hero: Betty Friedan by Lionel Shriver 2013-03-01T16:00:01Z You two were able to keep up with your previous show because even though it was a slog you did, what, 160 episodes? "Desus & Mero" won't give 2020 candidates a pass: "We bring up receipts" 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z Steiner, who had been slogging through mud brought on by heavy rains that swamped Resurrection City, didn’t like the optics of some of the movement’s leaders staying in more comfortable digs. The forgotten dream of Martin Luther King Jr. 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z We hack our way with machetes — at least, Alex and Rosa do — through dense jungle, slog through ankle-deep mud and wade across creeks and streams. Beneath the surface — caving and diving — Belize is breathtaking 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z That might shake things up, right? Instead, the five months were a slog, capped off by a final insult: Mediocrity trumps talent, once again. "American Idol" chooses the wrong winner 2010-05-27T12:29:00Z Anthony Jude Pero joined Twisted Sister in 1982, just before the Long Island bar band exploded onto the burgeoning heavy metal scene after nearly a decade of slogging through small clubs. A.J. Pero, drummer for heavy metal band Twisted Sister, dies at 55 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z “Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell” was kind of a letdown after all the critical hype — a bit of a slog. Stephen King: By the Book 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Spend time with people you love without slogging through crowded airports or reopening old family wounds. Analysis | ‘Maybe you do tacos’: How Friendsgiving became the holiday where you invent your own rituals 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Presumably Sibelius's Wood Nymph was chosen as a bit of Scandinavia to honour the Finnish conductor and Swedish soloist; under Storgård's baton, the sprawling tone poem seemed an ill-defined, overwrought slog. BBCSSO/Hardenberger ? review 2011-03-25T22:00:02Z Book 5 was one of the greatest slogs I've ever read. ‘Game of Thrones’ Has Moved Past Its Blueprint, and That’s a Good Thing 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Unfortunately for my children, who’d probably be just as happy to stay home, that reason is what keeps me slogging through the less glamorous parts of motherhood. Journeys: An Israeli Oasis as a Passage to Ancient Times 2010-09-12T08:01:00Z The album is both a product of her slog and an exit from it. Music: Up From the Underground, Into the Light 2010-02-19T20:16:00Z On the boards’ tracks, players maneuver among squares that allow for leaps ahead or lost turns or slogs backward. A Quirky Board Game With Versions Spanning 400 Years 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Throughout this endless slog of a primary race, Biden has clung to his front-runner status primarily based on the fact that he could win. After a ‘gut punch’ in Iowa, a surreal feeling surrounds Biden’s campaign 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z But with the exception of the remarkable opening and closing tracks, it’s a bit of a slog. The Black Keys return with ‘Turn Blue,’ a little more subdued and psychedelic With all that in mind, a Y.A. tale colored by death isn’t necessarily a no-go for someone who is slogging through a rough patch, especially when the demise in question sparks a mystery. Love will tear us apart: Netflix’s “13 Reasons Why” is brilliant but not for the emotionally tender 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z For many writers the fun and the romance is gone, replaced with hard slog and homework in exchange for ever dwindling rewards and ever increasing penalties. The culture of tube graffiti is dying 2012-07-09T12:50:00Z Sometimes what seems like a slog can bring you to a place you wouldn’t expect, like stumbling on a clearing. The Essay That Made Jo Ann Beard Want to Write Nonfiction 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z However wonderful it may be to perform, it’s a hard slog to sit through. Review: When the ‘Light Shining’ on Revolution Falters 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z It is, after the euphoria of the this book’s Beatles material, a long and winding slog. Review: Paul McCartney’s Yesterdays. All of Them. 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z It's a slog from one challenge to the next, with no real tension building, and all the while the alleged witch plays coy about whether she's actually a witch, pouting beneath her bangs, Kristen Stewart-style. 'Season of the Witch': It's toil and trouble for Nicolas Cage 2011-01-10T22:04:03Z Rich and poor fled for their lives on foot and in wagons, but in subzero temperatures under Soviet air raids, it was a deadly slog westward. My grandfather was a Nazi. Our family's story of complicity shows where the road to extremism leads 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z Let's face it: Cooking night after night — even if you love to cook! — can be a bit of a slog. A specialty food shop owner’s guide to stocking your pantry 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z Matt Piucci: I think there were people – guys like Wynn and REM – who liked the slog, who liked being on the road. The Paisley Underground: an oral history of Los Angeles's 1980s psychedelic explosion 2013-05-16T17:00:00Z The design and development was clearly a slog. Fluid Piano Launch | World music review 2010-03-31T21:00:00Z In pure movie terms, however, it's also a bit of a slog, with an inordinate amount of exposition and lack of strong forward movement. The Hobbit works as a trilogy, says Peter Jackson 2012-12-06T12:31:33Z In one respect, Huntington has prevailed: The scholar’s admiration of the military has become ubiquitous, despite, or perhaps in part because of, the inconclusive slogs in Iraq and Afghanistan. Should We Worry About Trump’s Fawning Admiration of the Military? 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z I’d slog down there in my hat and my down coat with my computer and my stuff. Sharon Stone Is Telling Her Side of the Story 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z She sympathizes with those, like her, who are just trying to slog their way through the muck of Tinder profiles. Analysis | So you want to date someone who’s sarcastic? How original. 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z The film was a five-year slog for Day, a Scot who quit his job as a lawyer, bought a camera with his savings and sailed to the Outer Hebrides to capture Scotland’s last guga hunt. 'We were trying not to get hit by their tails' – how I filmed the Faroe whale hunt 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z As each climber slogs his or her way up the last 100 feet, others cheer them on. Visitors jockey for access to Mount St. Helens during peak hiking season 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z This slog through one woman's relationship angst feels, in the end, like much ado about nothing. 2010-01-08T21:05:00Z “I worked on it off and on, in nonfiction form at first, but I realized I wouldn’t be able to slog through the legal documents and police records to make it a true-crime book.” A Bookstore Owner Taps a Wound to Write a First Novel 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z At the same time, the film is an often intimidating slog through jargon and computer code. Review: ‘Zero Days’ Examines Cyberwarfare’s Potential Online Apocalypse 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z The idea is to attract top talent that might not otherwise want to commit to a long season slog. Old rules don't mean much to broadcasters 2013-05-19T14:52:11Z This is the kindest explanation of why the premiere of "The Sex Lives of College Girls" has the feeling of something it's OK to forget, but that we're obligated to slog through. HBO Max's "The Sex Lives of College Girls" is less erotic and more awkward than its alluring title 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z With really only one piece of business to conduct, the two-hour finale threatened to be a slog, but it ended up being one of the most entertaining episodes of the series. ArtsBeat Blog: 'X Factor' Watch: And the Winner Is ... 2011-12-23T04:04:41Z Adapted from a graphic novel by Charles Forsman, the series follows Sydney as she discovers those powers, which she grapples with alongside family tragedy and the awkward slog of high school. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘I Am Not Okay With This’ and ‘Star Trek Beyond’ 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z “Matriarch” opens by watching a nude figure descend into a pond of black muck, but the slog that follows in this derivative, tar-flow-paced thriller from Britain is strictly for the viewer. ‘Matriarch’ Review: Maternal Instincts 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z I slogged through the rest of the run. Amanda Peet: The First Time I (Didn’t) Read a Scathing Review 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z But God, what a grim slog that last run of episodes would be to make. Community Without Dan Harmon? Suits Axe Auteur, and Fans Lose 2012-05-19T21:30:18Z And as I slogged through subsequent years of scans — first every three months, then every four, then every six — and experienced what survivors call “scanxiety,” I imagined what the five-year benchmark would feel like. This Life: Cancer Survivors’ Celebrate Their Cancerversary 2013-12-06T23:53:09Z It’s a perfectly good way to experience the Odyssean slog without having to, you know, do the work. The Rough Read That Was ‘Ulysses’ 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z But in a movie that’s more about processing grief than finding a killer, his quest is no more than a soggy slog from one damaged soul to another. Review: In ‘Rememory,’ the Machine Knows What You Did 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Even children and the exhausting slog of being a working mother didn’t diminish my drive – though I had to bury it, pretend it didn’t matter. A letter to … my ex-husband, who preferred pornography to me 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z For Caligula we had one academic researcher for a couple of weeks, to save time; otherwise it was mostly me and the director and producer who did the slog. Mary Beard: So much for TV dumbing down 2013-07-13T08:01:02Z But e-mailing and instant messaging photos while slogging around stores was a chore. Virtual-Closet Web Sites Like Pinterest and Stylitics Revise Online Fashion Shopping 2012-02-29T22:17:33Z Yet aside from slogging through a low-key treatment of "The Element Within Her," the band maintained a cohesive flow. Elvis Costello's wheel of fortunate songs makes for thrilling show 2011-05-16T13:47:00Z I threw our bags in Skuli’s Sit ’n’ Stroll, which I used like a wheelbarrow when I traveled with him, and slogged out to the long-term parking lot with Skuli on my hip. Modern Love: Just the Two of Us, When One Toddles 2011-08-25T22:25:10Z It is turning into such a slog that I can’t ever imagine summoning the energy to get into something as inconsequential as the street-level heroes. 'Drabness incarnate!' Are we finally suffering from Marvel fatigue? 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z Her untutored voice was that of a real girl next door too, acknowledging the dull slog of heartbreak and how you get through it. The best No 1 records: Lily Allen - Smile 2012-05-31T20:06:00Z For the most part it is an uninteresting slog alleviated only by the occasional unintended laugh and moments of visual beauty. Movie Review: ‘After Earth,’ Starring Will Smith and Jaden Smith 2013-05-30T21:48:08Z Then Drake waited a month, let the Internet cycle spin and released the overwrought, 90-minute slog “Scorpion,” going platinum in a day and sucking up all the oxygen in the room. Review | Pusha T Celebrates His ‘Daytona’ at the Enormous Echostage 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z It was just going to be a lot harder slog than we anticipated. Rand Paul’s campaign manager talks to the establishment Republican he ambushed in 2010 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z This is fascinating from a historical perspective, but pretty tough slogging for a casual reader. Comprehensive history of Archie fills in the basics 2011-05-31T19:30:05Z For the past three hours we’d slogged uphill through tangles of cloud forest. In Congo, a climb to the mouth of hell The narrative is already burdened with the leaden mythology that made Heroes such an incomprehensible slog in later seasons. Heroes Reborn: superhero reboot is as convoluted as ever 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z "The Paperboy" feels more like a hazy slog through the swamp, where gators and goony yokels lie in wait to pounce on their prey. `The Paperboy' delivers gooey, sleazy cheese 2012-10-03T22:40:24Z All the gear, interpersonal dynamics, expenses, expectations and temptations that come with busting out with a hot record, as the Los Angeles band did in 2013, can be a slog. Foxygen knocks out a brave, raucous rock 'n' roll set at the Roxy 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z For one used to hearing Marlboro-quality chamber music, this evening was a slog. Festival Pablo Casals Prades Collective falls short at Freer-Sackler concert Mr. Lamar’s “good kid, m.A.A.d. city” is as much of a slog as any great album in recent memory and probably the chewiest major-label hip-hop album in more than a decade. Critic’s Notebook: Kendrick Lamar and Meek Mill, Rappers With Debut Albums 2012-10-28T21:48:03Z Such a welcome respite from the current, mudslinging slog that we have been witness to for the past year. ‘The Crown’ Episodes 1 and 2: Stiff Lips, Warm Heart 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z A final uphill slog lands you at an extraordinary summer sight: an iceberg-pocked lake under the melting glacier. Glacier National Park, Through Foreign Eyes 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z But despite its flood of ideas, of thoughtful sounds and textures, this “Gospel” remains, particularly in its second act, a brilliant slog, steadily losing your interest even as it holds your admiration. Review: John Adams’s ‘Gospel’ Displays an Orchestral Wizard’s Tuneful Ear 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z It slogs along, a creepy grind from a man you would certainly not want to bring home for Thanksgiving. Randy Newman cared enough about his new album to help pay for it 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z But with the Emmy Awards scheduled for next Sunday and the Oscar season slog already setting in, I did wonder: Do any of these you’ve-got-to-be-kidding-me treatments actually work? Scene Stealers: Testing an Odd Beauty Procedure for the Red Carpet 2013-09-13T22:21:27Z This is the beginning of a long slog. A raucous, rousing Trump protest show plays to a sold-out L.A. audience 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z It sounds as if it’s a slog of a show that I would never want to watch. Perspective | Sean Spicer doing the cha-cha is the ‘civil discourse’ we deserve in a broken 2019 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z It remains for Ms. Mirren to salvage a film that without her would be a laborious slog down a well-trodden path. Review: ‘Woman in Gold’ Stars Helen Mirren in Tug of War Over Artwork 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z The first half-hour in particular is a slog, a Mandela primer in which Freeman gets to show off how suitable he is to play a great world leader. 2009-12-11T03:16:00Z We’re promised that the final season will be entirely made up of feature-length episodes, which sounds like a hell of a slog. Finally some good news: TV dramas are getting shorter 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z The gardens of candy magnate Milton S. Hershey don’t quite have the surreal power of Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory, but Palmer’s workplace is still a realm of fantasy outside the quotidian slog. The horticulture industry’s age problem is bigger than you think 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z Because “It’s a Wonderful Life” assumes something that society assumed in the 1940s and sometimes continues to assume to this day: A wife is supposed to sacrifice, buck up, make do, slog through. Perspective | Mary Bailey is the true hero of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z The song’s all the sharper for the dull ballads and toothless screw-y’alls one has to slog through to get to it. Review: Kelly Clarkson's 'Piece By Piece' Is a Victory Lap 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Apparently learning nothing from the previous film in the series, "Rambo: Last Blood" is even more bleak and dour than its predecessor, making it a depressing slog from the first frame. The MAGA fever dream of "Rambo: Last Blood" 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z That means slogging through Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, and spending as much time dialing for dollars as giving speeches. Palin and a real presidential run 2011-09-02T23:36:00Z The sojourn — part ritual, part slog — marks the beginning of the new cinematic year: a fresh start featuring highly anticipated new work by revered directors, as well as career-making debuts by complete unknowns. Sundance 2021 makes it official: The weirdest movie year ever isn’t even a year 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z These show McGill, bored and anonymous after the events of Breaking Bad, slogging away at a Cinnabon in Omaha under the pseudonym Gene. Better Call Saul is notoriously glacial. Here's how to speed it up 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Most songs hover between 95 and 105 beats per minute, something more than a slog but less than a gallop. Review: The Chainsmokers Find That Pop Is an Awkward Fit 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z There may be months or even years that are a hard slog. Love, sex, Iraq: A roadside bomb won’t kill my marriage 2014-02-02T13:00:00Z That kind of overwrought narration makes some of these documentaries a slog, as does the almost constant use of slow motion; in the wild, it appears, nothing happens in real time. Critic?s Notebook: It?s a Jungle Out There: Big Cats, Big Body Counts 2010-12-05T22:14:00Z Riding a bike to the top of Independence Pass is a slog. Aspen’s other million-dollar asset: Cycling 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z After we slogged along the trail awhile, it was time to dip in. Pursuits: ‘Walking the Water’ in the Everglades 2013-08-09T19:47:13Z It was a hard slog in the beginning: A glass teapot from the Bauhaus school took 15 years to sell. Ruth Adler Schnee, Exuberant Designer of Modernist Textiles, Dies at 99 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z At each of the 17 checkpoints along my 162km slog across the Gaoligong mountains, we are greeted by armies of enthusiastic volunteers offering ginger tea and beer. Chinese burn: how the People's Republic has become an endurance-running superpower 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Instead, we find ourselves slogging through an ugly, confusing underworld that eventually we only want to escape. Best-selling thriller ‘Crow Girl’ dives deep — too deep — into darkness 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z But semiprofessional productions in which the artistic company is clearly out of its depths or middling professional productions that put on arty airs can be quite a slog over five acts. Summer Shakespeare: A critic's take on the secret to theatrical success 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z “Too bad about the weather,” Davenport tells me as we slog through an intermittent snowstorm, visibility near nil. In the Colorado Rockies, going to extremes with legendary skier Chris Davenport 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z While the narrator slogs along through high school and college, Tracey — the talented one, the daring one — clings to her star-struck dream with corrosive determination. ‘Swing Time’: Zadie Smith’s sweeping novel about friendship, race and class 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Instead of slogging it out with all these protests and arrests, why not ask Turner to donate, say, half a billion dollars to environmental causes? Jane Fonda: ‘I'm very rarely afraid. Maybe emotional intimacy scares me’ 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z The episode, entertaining throughout, felt like a reward for those who slogged through the first three audition segments. ArtsBeat Blog: 'X Factor' Recap: This Viewer Has a Change of Heart 2011-09-30T12:39:48Z I slogged on, hoping for darker tales of woe. The secret lives of moviestar newborns: who are they, and what is all that goo? 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z All were slogging around a tiny scene that had become dementedly insular: "We're influenced by everything from Genesis to Marillion," explained one musician, entirely without irony. Go back to go forward: the resurgence of prog rock 2010-07-22T22:00:00Z The eight-year slog it took to get a second film off the ground has been worth it. Moonlight becomes him: Barry Jenkins's journey from a Miami housing project to the Oscars 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z After growing up in the gloomy North and slogging through Westeros’s muckier precincts with the Hound, she arrived in summery Braavos like a little bloodthirsty Mary Richards, thrilling in her newfound freedom. 'Game of Thrones' Recap: Cobragrams and Faceless Men 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z Yet, except for those intermittent but mightily elaborate sequences, the movie is unsatisfying, a dramatic drag and a visual slog. The Empty Astonishments of “X-Men: Apocalypse” 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z For the bands themselves, it can be a real slog, lugging gear around a roadblocked Austin, playing shows without a soundcheck or rehearsal, and being forced to make small-talk with drunk industry types. Foxes at South by South West: 'I've been thrown into the belly of the beast' 2013-03-18T18:15:00Z He slogs through the grim and rainy streets of a London-like, Victorian-ish city where humans uneasily coexist with various humanoid species identifiable by their horns, snouts or hooves. Review: Orlando Bloom Among the Immigrant Beasts in ‘Carnival Row’ 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Despite the tremendous stakes, none of the new episodes slog through the extensive complications introduced because the themes are very simple. It's impossible to tell where in the multiverse "Loki" is going. Thank the gods 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Rather, at nearly three hours, “Good for Otto” is a long and shapeless slog. Review: In ‘Good for Otto,’ a Case of Psychiatrist, Shrink Thyself 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z To hear him tell it, well, it was a slog, but nothing that family support and luck couldn't fix. Cape Crusader: Chef Reuben Riffel 2010-12-30T08:15:00Z On each seat was a program listing all 171 outfits that were to be included, which made it sound like the audience was in for a slog. The Vogue Show 2010-09-08T15:06:00Z The action hops to London and then to the trenches of Belgium, where the War to End All Wars slogs interminably on. Review: ‘Wonder Woman’ Is a Blockbuster That Lets Itself Have Fun 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Bringing him to that point, though, is a slog. "The Good Place" tenderly approaches the final answer in its midseason finale 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Time’s not on his side and directing is a slog. William H Macy: ‘I’m scared and horny like a 14-year-old-boy’ 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z A battle meant to last 72 hours slogged on for five months. How to Remember a War Without Glory? 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z As he slogs through interviews and endless paperwork,Harry is haunted by the ghosts of old investigations and memories of the golden age of policing. Book review: ‘The Burning Room,’ by Michael Connelly But to the director Emma Miller’s credit, that bout is a long, real-time slog up and down the piste, effortful and tough, and a little ugly. Review: In ‘Athena,’ Two Teenage Fencers Parry Ordinary Life 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Those still watching as the show slogged past 11 p.m. An Uneven Night for Kevin Spacey as Tonys Host 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z But it turned out not to be such a slog. The Repo Man; 12 Year Old Lifer: True Stories – TV review 2013-05-03T06:00:00Z No matter how enjoyable each individual battle might be and how gorgeous each scene might appear, the experience boiled down to one long slog. Video Game Review: Final Fantasy XIII-2 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 2012-02-03T23:25:27Z So most novels represent a year or more of slog. AL Kennedy: Taking the temperature of work in progress 2010-03-30T08:00:00Z He was not someone with a flair for the long game — for the week-in, week-out slog of bringing colleagues around to his views. Books of The Times: ?The Escape Artists,? by Noam Scheiber 2012-02-27T23:16:56Z McQueen and Ridley want to portray Solomon’s ordeal as minute variations on the same slog of awful. 12 Years a Slave: An Unflinching Take on the Great American Shame 2013-10-18T17:07:02Z Whatever the reason, Goodman's blow-by-blow account of the Beatles' breakup — and the meticulous financial untangling it necessitated — is a long and winding slog. Allen Klein, manager of rock bands, emerges from shadows 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z The faster pace, livelier cast and improved production values make "Part II" less of a slog than the first movie. 'Atlas Shrugged: Part II': Story holds back faster-paced sequel 2012-10-11T20:09:04Z Over the next few days, the contest saw some hard slogs. The Readers Have Spoken: The Godfather Wins TIME's BEST Best Picture Competition 2012-02-24T17:10:48Z Much more convincing than Mike Figgis’s 1999 screen adaptation, starring Saffron Burrows, it is a grueling slog through a hell of torment, cruelty and suffering. ‘Miss Julie’ Stars Jessica Chastain and Colin Farrell 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z He soldiers through life, from one historical epoch to the next, slogged down by a soul-consuming trauma. “Logan” proves Wolverine is the comics’ most Canadian superhero — and not in the way you think 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z Having just slogged through three literary novels, I found this like the rainbow-sprinkled layer cake after the kale — delicious and fun. Perspective | As a kid, I loved Judy Blume’s books. As an adult, I wonder: How do they read today? 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z The book comes garlanded with enthusiastic reviews but I am finding it a bit of a slog and I'm not entirely sure why I'm still reading it. Tips, links and suggestions: What are you reading today? 2013-02-20T11:23:38Z In the intervening years he slogged away in TV – his first writing job, at 26, was on Scooby-Doo. Paul Haggis: 'You have to question your beliefs' 2011-01-06T22:30:02Z This, the early slog of her life, is documented in her sortabiography, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? Mindy Kaling: 'My biggest challenge is being frequently underestimated' 2013-03-22T14:00:00Z Watching poor, poor Juice beg for a way back into the club is painfully relatable, like watching a friend slog through a relationship you know will only end poorly. 'Sons of Anarchy: Playing With Monsters' recap: It's a black day 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z It’s been a long, slow, boring slog to maturity: Gene Weingarten: An Old Cuss 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z I watched two parts of the seven-hour show and, while I did learn much about the country's history, it seemed to me more of a worthy slog than a dramatic event. In pursuit of US theatre's past perfect 2010-12-22T12:45:04Z On a TV show, after the big reveal a network show still has the slog of 22 episodes a year without the added impact of a twist. This is Us: manipulative drama is in desperate pursuit of your tears 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Maybe it shouldn’t have been so difficult, and maybe the slog of this film will serve a therapeutic or liberatory end. ‘The Batman’ Review: Who’ll Stop the Wayne? 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z It’s a long and tough slog, as Ms. LaForge’s story suggests. Tool Kit: Video Gaming on the Pro Tour, for Glory but Little Gold 2012-11-28T23:49:36Z The whole process is a slog — from gathering and dirtying multiple bowls for the flour-dredge-breadcrumb coating to standing over a spitting hot pan filled with oil that bubbles and pops onto my countertops and forearms. Want perfectly crispy chicken cutlets? Time to grab your air fryer 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Sailing into the Delta is a downwind dream; sailing out is an upwind slog. Setting Sail on the Winding Waterways of California’s Delta 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z Buncich said police were still slogging through license plate databases to identify the owner of the truck. Man charged in hit-and-run that killed Lake County officer 2012-03-10T00:04:00Z Mills discovered Jones, propelled him to stardom, shaped his image and ultimately steered him to some ill-considered gigs: poorly produced country albums, a cheesy syndicated TV show and the long, slow slog that was Vegas. At 75, Tom Jones has a new book, a new album — and a new take on life 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Ben Carson prefers to stick to suits, although he wore a short-sleeved shirt with casual trousers when he made his perfunctory slog through the Iowa State Fair in August. The casual-Friday look that GOP candidates can’t get enough of 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z In theory, counting the population seems so basic, so neutral: a math problem, albeit “a serious slog” of one. Counting the Population Has Always Been Political 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z Like the vernal equinox, New Directors/New Films is a sign that winter and the soul-crushing slog known as awards season have finally ended. At New Directors/New Films, See the World Through Perceptive Filmmakers’ Eyes 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z As it is, the next chapter dutifully returns to Lennon and Cornelius and their crabwise slog toward the mysterious island where Lennon will experience his epiphany. ‘Beatlebone’ review: What does John Lennon need to find his muse again? 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z It's been a long slog since the disaster of Saratoga and the humiliation of Yorktown but at last the empire has struck back. David Mitchell on Brits as Hollywood superheroes 2011-02-06T00:05:59Z So this great honky-tonk slog, this never-ending odyssey that requires an increasingly fragile body to breathe melody 100 nights a year — this is actually the thing that keeps him alive? Everyday Zen: On the road with Willie Nelson at 81 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z Getting sagas going is almost always an expository slog, especially in a world as dense as Martin’s, which makes the awkward bits more apparent. ‘House of the Dragon’ Premiere: Another Game of Thrones 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z “Treason” is shorter and moves a little faster, but it’s still a slog. Surprise! Newt Gingrich’s thriller ‘Treason’ features a bumbling female president 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z It's a deep dive and the early chapters might be a bit of a scholarly slog, even for an ardent pogonophile. Did Jesus have a beard? Why did Hitler have that strange mustache? This book explains it all. 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z "It's always a hard slog with the Chinese," said James, before invading a restaurant mob-handed to repossess some kitchen equipment. The Repo Man; 12 Year Old Lifer: True Stories – TV review 2013-05-03T06:00:00Z Or do you hold off, slogging toward the photographs as if they were a small, warm inn at the midpoint of a long, pebbly hike? Richard Avedon, a Photographer Who Wanted to Outrun the Glitz Factor 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z But between nearly forgetting what it was like to be excited about "Doctor Strange" and slogging to the end of "Moon Knight," my appetite for these capes and suits has waned. Why am I not over the moon to see "Doctor Strange"? Because I'm drowning in Marvel 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z The original script, filled with arcane references and wildly purple witticisms, would feel a slog for modern audiences. Playwrights get last word in delightful ‘Critic’ and ‘Real Inspector Hound’ 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z But he soon learned that breaking into Hollywood as a scriptwriter was a frustrating slog full of endless rejections. His movie scripts were rejected for 40 years. His Christmas film just aired on Lifetime. 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Even for die-hard Watergate nerds, the movie can be a tough slog. Review: In ‘Mark Felt,’ Liam Neeson Is the Man Known as Deep Throat 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z She said the slog was the high point of the day. Tears for the Magnificent and Shrinking Everglades, a ‘River of Grass’ 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z Vallee shot the movie in a stripped-down manner while Witherspoon went makeup-free and slogged along under the load of an oversized pack. 'Wild': Reese Witherspoon leads a rewarding journey, reviews say 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z Eastsiders: No more slogs on the 10 Freeway at rush hour to see a good show! Essential Arts: Dudamel speaks out, the new rack of Tony nominees, Cheech Marin's Chicano art center 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z The thing was a disaster, with the aging icons slogging through the airy romance as if they were dragging Cleopatra's barge behind them. Elizabeth Taylor Dies at 79: Actress Defined Modern Fame 2011-04-14T08:35:00Z She said they planned on deploying additional support staff in places that slogged before gates open on Saturday, which will be busier with an expected 50,000 in attendance. Rock in Rio starts slow, morphs into wild party 2015-05-09T04:00:00Z Famously long, and a bit of a slog. How to Keep the ‘Great Comet’ Party Going on Broadway: Dish Out the Pierogies (and Add Josh Groban) 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z The book was thick with everyday detail — the slog of phone calls, errands, and arrangements that attended the loss. Review | Joyce Carol Oates captures the wobbly reality of widowhood in ‘Breathe’ 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z If your answer is that you love what you're doing and couldn't abandon it without being someone other than yourself, then you probably have to keep slogging. The best gift for a writer is a good reader ? and a cup of cocoa 2011-03-22T11:27:33Z “Triple Frontier” is a slog—not just for the men hiking through the rough Andes terrain with bags of money, but for audiences as well. Ben Affleck is the best thing in "Triple Frontier," a clunker of a heist film 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z The two main characters talk rather than slog or sift through their feelings. Movie Review : ‘Last Ride,’ Australian Film Starring Hugo Weaving 2012-07-05T22:04:37Z It was a hard slog that one, trying to get that right. From Baltimore Cop to English Serial Killer 2011-12-06T17:00:15Z Accordingly, the middle stretch of Revival, which on other pop albums might be a slog, here contains its standout tracks. Selena Gomez's 'Revival' Is Better When It's Still in the Cocoon 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z That’s way more than the number of people who will slog through Marco Polo. HBO's Sesame Street is the battlefield in the streaming wars for kids' TV 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z It’s a maxim that stand-up comedy, like many artistic pursuits, is a marathon, not a sprint: There aren’t many lightning victories, just one long slog. New York’s Funniest Stand-Up Finalists Gear Up for a Serious Smackdown 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z For the next 10 years, Walken slogged around the city, attending auditions and taking bit parts in plays and the occasional movie. Christopher Walken: ‘I don’t need to be made to look evil’ 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z The best sequences are their capsule biographies, which free Mr. Ayer from the slog of action and allow brief bursts of wit, energy and color. Review: ‘Suicide Squad’ Chases Nihilistic Swagger but Trips Over Its Own Feet 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z But, while shows such as The Sopranos and Mad Men launched with loud fanfares and walked paths strewn with accolades, strong ratings and Emmy awards, The Wire’s route to the pantheon was a long slog. The Wire, 10 years on: ‘We tore the cover off a city and showed the American dream was dead’ 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z The unchanging schedule, the slog, the schlep — all the things I had feared for so long would deaden me to really living — are the things that can actually make life beautiful. Looking for love and finding elote: A meditation on Mexican street corn 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z “The day-to-day is really a slog,” she said. Through comics, Seattle cartoonists document their lives during the coronavirus pandemic 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z The two children’s choirs were well prepared but a bit of a slog one after the other. Classical Movements’ ‘Serenade!’: How do you translate ‘uneven’? 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z Netflix's "Single All the Way" – though part of an important shift: a bumper crop of queer holiday films – is a bit of a slog. All hail the holiday aunt: the most untraditional character in traditional Christmas films 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z These lulls also allow the filmmakers to lay out some of the brute details of everyday life in the Middle Ages, even for a noble like Jean who slogs off to war for money. ‘The Last Duel’ Review: A Medieval Epic in the Age of #MeToo 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z But trying to master the vast array of wine producers from almost all corners of the earth is a long, though fascinating, slog. Want to Pick Better Bottles? Repeat After Me: Wine Is Food 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z Throw in those little bundles of joy, otherwise known as children, and marriage can seem like a slog that makes the Bataan Death March look like a wonderful life experience by comparison. The “Everybody Loves Raymond” effect: Why TV gets marriage all wrong 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z The reason studios like remakes and sequels is obvious: the ratio of financial reward to hard slog is propitious, because the creative heavy lifting has already been done. Have remakes lost the plot? 2010-05-20T21:59:00Z Political analysts predict a tough slog for Democrats in the conservative district they say was redrawn to favor the Republican party. 'American Idol' runner-up Clay Aiken has edge in U.S. Congress race 2014-05-07T16:44:55Z Latino roots rockers have been around 40 years, but they slogged it out for a decade before hitting in 1984 with “How Will the Wolf Survive?” The Week Ahead: a tribute to MLK Jr., Timberlake at the Key 2014-01-08T23:53:48Z Either way, the verse shouldn’t be a slog to read. Style Invitational: Cast your Bred here — a new 4-line-poem contest 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z The first half of this book is an agonizing slog. Books of The Times: Barbara Ehrenreich’s ‘Living With a Wild God’ 2014-04-15T13:00:01Z After slogging through “4 3 2 1” it’s still difficult to say. For a doorstopper, Paul Auster's '4 3 2 1' is surprisingly light 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Authorized by Congress in 1999, the Eisenhower Memorial slogged through the federal regulatory process. Bob Dole leads the fight for Ike 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z At a certain point, however, trying to mix-and-match my go-to pantry staples — rice, coconut milk, chickpeas, tinned fish — in novel ways became a slog. For a better cocktail sauce, ditch the Worcestershire and up the lemon zest 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z But if “Incendies” were her story alone, it might have been too much: an overwrought and awkward slog through a bloody stretch of the past. | 'Incendies': Scavenger Hunt for Family Secrets Across Time and Geography 2011-04-21T22:24:49Z After a lively introduction, he falls into a dutiful slog of sausage making, devoting long sections to plot summaries and production details that are dead on arrival. Dramatic Reading: A Memoir by the Director of ‘The History Boys’ 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z But Spencer biffs her one with: "God, this is a long and largely unrewarding slog". What to say about ... Design for Living 2010-09-20T11:47:00Z Visually, this translates to a video-game-style slog from Will’s crash site to a tower where the titular switch will be flicked. Review: Alternative Energy Strikes Back in ‘Kill Switch’ 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z One early set piece, in which deadly spiders run amok in a nursing home, shows potential but swiftly devolves into a tedious slog of limp action clichés and irreverent quipping. ‘The Curse of Bridge Hollow’ Review: Attack of the Halloween Décor 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Then we started another and rang up our crew from college, slogging through nine-, 10-, 11-hour marathons with people we still adore and whose lives have taken them far away from us, geographically. Dungeons & Dragons is truly the best saving throw to escape the pandemic doldrums 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z In its smaller scenes -- in the slog of dealing with insurance claims and waiting around in paper gowns for a 30-second consult -- the show shines far more promisingly than in its showstoppers. Is there a cure for "The Big C's" cheeriness? 2011-06-26T15:01:00Z Much of the time in the early episodes is spent on the preparations for this mission and on laying out a complicated network of alliances and animosities, and it gets to be a slog. Television Review: ‘Black Sails’ Unleashes Some 18th-Century Pirates 2014-01-23T23:32:17Z My advice with respect to the slog is to find a way - any way - to enjoy it. Motherlode Blog: Going Back to Work is Frequently a Challenge for Parents Who've Been at Home With Young Children 2012-10-18T13:36:15Z It was a 21-day slog across saturated uplands, most of it in a blur of lead-coloured mist. Simon Armitage: a poetic pilgrimage around Devon and Cornwall 2013-03-29T16:00:04Z This scenario could certainly make the dating slog easier – just marry whoever smells the best! Sex, scents and pheromones 2012-05-19T19:01:00Z Flimsy, tired beaters would slog their way through the generic-brand peanut butter. How I found Christmas again in Grandma Ruth's peanut butter balls 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z Such artlessness turns what could be a quick, jaunty movie into a slog. ‘The Trip’ Review: With This Gun, I Thee Shoot 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z I’ve slogged up with fellow skiers carting big packs and going slow and steady. Why ‘uphill skiing’ is gaining ground among winter sports enthusiasts 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z As Seay and students slogged through the collection, working to digitize it, there was always the lingering possibility of discovering unheard and unreleased gems. College music department resurrects long-lost funk music 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z Half of it is rehashed stock footage from the first installment in the series, and the stuff that was shot brand-new for this one is a seemingly interminable slog. The 10 best movies with 0% on Rotten Tomatoes 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z The show’s humor derives from its candor about the slog toward three-comma riches: everyone is on a spectrum, claims to be bettering the world, drives a Chevy Volt. HBO’s “Silicon Valley”: The Gayest Straight Show on TV 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Where the big-screen American films can be a noisy, dark slog, the dramatic equivalent of a giant lumbering dinosaur, “Monarch” stays fleet, and fun. Review: Human stories form the core of 'Monarch: Legacy of Monsters,' but Godzilla's ever-present 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z Compared with the long slog and risk of injury involved in taking down a deer, fishing is “super easy” for wolves, he explains. Wolves hunt sea otters and seals, a startling find 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Things livened up when Chalamet performed one of his character’s terrible raps, but it was a slog compared to last week’s similarly themed and much sharper “Chef Show” with Nate Bargatze. Timothée Chalamet sings adieu to SAG-AFTRA strike on 'SNL,' and Alec Baldwin appears 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z They spent more than a year slogging it out on the live circuit before committing any music to tape, recognising that organic growth was preferable to flash-in-the-pan viral success. The Last Dinner Party: 'Being a hyped, buzzy band can be a curse' 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z A bit of high pressure moving through the region on Friday should offer a reprieve from the slog, keeping us dry and partly sunny. Seattle weather forecast: Wet and windy weekend ahead 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z While there were pockets of success here and there, Pickett struggled with his accuracy at times and the offense reverted to the slog that’s become its signature. Pickett hits Johnson for late touchdown as the Steelers slip past Levis, Titans 20-16 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z “It’s like a slog through molasses, but we get closer to the finish line every day.” Here’s what doesn’t happen after a mass shooting | Gail Collins 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Above 13,000 feet, the trail disappears, turning the final push into a steep, tortuous slog up loose scree guided only by cairns — stone towers left by previous climbers to mark the way. Blind faith: A visually impaired woman's journey up a towering California summit 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z That win was supposed to propel the Huskies to greater heights, but it has been nothing but a slog since. Are the Huskies as good as their 8-0 record indicates? We’ll soon find out. 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z The running game was a slog at times, such as the failure from the 1 when two Walker runs netted minus-1 yard. Reporter Bob Condotta grades the Seahawks’ win over the Cardinals 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z The superstitious will be tempted to blame Washington’s nearly disastrous slog Saturday on their alternate uniform, as if the purple helmets radiated some sort of evil mojo. Undefeated UW can’t afford to have another performance like Saturday’s win over ASU 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z His relentless pressure has keyed a defense that’s carrying the two-time defending conference champions while their offense slogs along. Pac-12 midseason awards: Michael Penix Jr., Whittingham, Elliss lead way 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z Much of that will depend on the fate of their offensive line, which slogged through its worst showing of the year against UCLA. No. 19 Washington State looks to bounce back and top Arizona on homecoming 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Once the cast got to Mexico and we were down to just two couples — neither of them particularly likable — this season felt like a slog. The 'Love Is Blind' finale is here. Our writers discuss how Season 5 went off the rails 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z I’ll leave it to you to decide if you prefer the often maddening I-5 slog heading south, or the bucolic two-lane haul heading east. Here’s why Washington’s official rival is now in Eugene and not Pullman 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z With the labor market still tight, however, reaching the Fed's 2% inflation target could be a long slog, making it likely that the U.S. central bank could keep rates elevated for longer. Surging rents lift US consumer prices; underlying inflation grinding lower 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z |
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