Sentences with phrase «slog for»

Publishers are incentivized to encourage players to spend, after all, which means they may consider it in their interest to balance the core game experience so that it's more of a repetitive slog for those who don't spend extra.

GOP Gov. Rick Scott may not win the race this year, but it will be an expensive slog for Democrats and Sen. Bill Nelson, despite the confidence American Bridge projected in a memo Wednesday.

And this is the reason we slog for hours daily in a office or factory, to feed the family, provide comfort and securing their health tops the list.

Chapters three and four, titled «How Weather Works» and «How Global Warming (Allegedly) Works» were a bit of a slog for this non-scientist.

It's an uphill slog for you guys in that regard, and you have my deepest sympathies for that and your tireless patience with the public.

Getting to market with a new product is a long slog for a startup, and the only way to raise money is by means of intellectual property.

Without the immediate hook found in The Talos Principle or classics such as Myst, Aporia will prove a slog for some, but is a worthwhile mystery that rewards patience.

As I said earlier I think they could just about muddle through it, and maybe enjoy it, but it would be a slog for them.

In many of the wetter locations you will now find boardwalks constructed which make light work of what otherwise may have been a difficult slog for some.

Engaging in this repetitive slog for dozens of missions is tiring, especially since there isn't much else you do in any singular mission.

proves to be such a tough slog for much of its brief running time that periodic highlights like that are essentially (and ultimately) rendered moot.

As it is, it's a bit of a slog for the decent material.

If it can't manage that, then the next few years are going to be a long, dull slog for them.

For me, EA somewhat dropped the ball with the new defending and aggressive AI in FIFA 12, which makes solo play a slog for the impatient, angry folk amongst us.

He noted that the idea of a supercritical carbon dioxide power cycle dates back to the 1940s, but steam cycles were already very efficient, well - understood and cheap, creating an uphill slog for a new power block to catch on.

«I think it will be a real tough slog for him.»

But it was always an uphill slog for Mr. Liu in an oddly - shaped eastern Queens district where Mr. Avella, despite his alienation from the political establishment, remains popular.

«For the next five years there will be a real hard slog for this economy and the chancellor has not set out the path we need,» Cable ends.

Long told Dicker that donors sitting on the sidelines during the primary made things a «tough slog both for me and Bob.»

Arsenal fans will be hoping that the 26 - year old can now stay injury free, and even better would be if he can start the next season in a similar manner to the way in which he rounded off the last one, after more than a year of real frustration and hard slog for the striker.

It's just been a tough slog for all three, whereas the Nationals were probably set up best to handle a rough season from one or two of them.

It is, without a doubt, an uphill slog for an enterprise to make sure everyone is up to date, which is why companies are increasingly more willing to absorb the expense of issuing company - controlled devices to workers.

The «confined, ritualistic nature of the White House beat makes it a difficult slog for even the most adversarial reporter,» he says, and with dozens of journalists jockeying for the same stories, very little unique coverage emerges.

That made the rest of February an uphill slog for the index, which finished down 3.9 %, its worst month since January 2016.

Take the Seahawks game as an example: while Chris Johnson slogged for 2.3 yards per carry on 25 totes, Ellington made the most of his opportunities and rushed for 61 yards on five carries, including the back - breaking 48 - yard touchdown run with 2:07 remaining.

You can keep slogging for months and years, trying to get your work picked up by an agent and then on an editor's desk where you can hope to get a contract.

Office politics, pressure from above, fighting for promotion, and often slogging for a salary that you know you could improve if only you worked for yourself.

The hard slogging for the Canadians is coming now, pitting rights against each other, like equality versus religion.

They slogged for «real» evidence to support the arguments they provided the opposition members.

But the Semonin, REALTORS ®, salesperson in Louisville, Ky., probably feels like he's been slogging it for much longer than that.

Not exact matches

For legions of career - minded Boomers, work is far from a slog: in fact, it's enjoyable.

But the danger for us is getting stuck in low - yield, long - slog tests that don't connect to revenue fast enough.

For entrepreneurs burned out by the slog of growing a business in a tepid economy, the temptation to take the money and run must be enormous.

Initially, Boylan worried that the B Corp paperwork slog wouldn't yield a real payoff for her floundering startup.

Mr. Franklin could not have anticipated mobile payment apps, but I bet he would recognize what they mean for today's on - the - go entrepreneur slowed by the invoicing slog.

It's every startup founder's dream: being acquired for hundreds of millions without years of slogging away for decades.

Whether it's slogging through a muddy obstacle course or brainstorming on how to better serve our customers, I can't wait for my next chance to work hard at a difficult challenge with my team.

Last summer, Siqi Chen decided to give up on Heyday, the social media app he'd been slogging away at for the last four years.

Traditional publishing is a slog — find an agent, pitch a book and if it's picked up by a publisher, sign away the rights to your work, then spend years doing edits and waiting for the book to slot into a publishing schedule — and the majority of these people don't score a deal, because most entrepreneurs «aren't in a position to be commercially published,» says Sattersten.

April 17 is fast approaching, and while filling out all those forms can be a real slog, there is no reason why, even if it's down to the wire — no judgment, we've all been there — you can't make your taxes work for you and save you some money.

It's going to be a tough slog to fix this one, it's one of the relatively few things that Harper can point to as a win for his base.

Whether you're paying down debt or racking up credit card bills, whether you're saving money or spending every dime, whether you're starting a business or slogging through your 9 - 5, whether you're studying to enter a profession or starting your first job, whether you're penniless or independently wealthy - money will either work for you, or it'll work against you.

Although it is a tough slog in this country, Canadians concerned about GMOs have found some champions for their cause.

The whole point of retiring early for us is to NOT slog through life as bored, drone-esque office workers.

For more Morgan Stanley Research on the global macroeconomic and strategy outlook for 2016, ask your Morgan Stanley representative or a Financial Advisor for the full reports, «Global Macro Outlook: A Slow Slog Back» and «Global Strategy Outlook: The Lower Frontier» (both issued Nov 29, 201For more Morgan Stanley Research on the global macroeconomic and strategy outlook for 2016, ask your Morgan Stanley representative or a Financial Advisor for the full reports, «Global Macro Outlook: A Slow Slog Back» and «Global Strategy Outlook: The Lower Frontier» (both issued Nov 29, 201for 2016, ask your Morgan Stanley representative or a Financial Advisor for the full reports, «Global Macro Outlook: A Slow Slog Back» and «Global Strategy Outlook: The Lower Frontier» (both issued Nov 29, 201for the full reports, «Global Macro Outlook: A Slow Slog Back» and «Global Strategy Outlook: The Lower Frontier» (both issued Nov 29, 2015).

Thanks for giving voice to so many of us, people like myself, who often feel as though we are slogging our way through the religious wilderness of fear and judgmentalism.

Some I've loved (The Echo Maker, for instance; I wrote about it here); some I've found very interesting but also maddening (The Time of Our Singing); and a handful have been a slog.

I'm not a man, but I figure men probably do judge themselves by if they are the steady, dependable rock that slogs through life in order to keep the finances okay for the family.

Don't have to slog in the kitchen to whip up a delicious meal for two on Valentine's day or date night.

Sometimes, a great dish doesn't have to be slogged over for hours.