The verb TO TRUDGE means to walk slowly and heavily because you are tired or working very hard:
She was trudging through the sand straight into the ocean.
We trudged along the muddy path up the mountain.
The carol singers trudged through the snow from home to home.
I watched the ant trudge through a thick layer of dust.
We all trudge through life – no one ever promised it was going to be easy.
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