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How to pronounce laboured

“laboured” pronunciation in British English

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“laboured” in real sentences

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  1. momentously laboured work of fiction of course we all had little to no idea of what

    Penguin Books UK

  2. I laboured the point in my questions because it is a concern of the committee; it

    The Scottish Parliament

  3. their mother tongue and laboured to be able to speak French, and thus in the course

    Ling Thusiasm

  4. miners worked in pairs in eight hour shifts and while one laboured at the rock face

    British Library

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