herculean

• “What they're doing they say is proceeding with what they call a herculean effort to prepare for the upcoming court battles and they're also getting on with the business of forming a government.”

  CNN Transcript - Special Event: Florida Supreme Court to Expedite Examination of Gore Appeal; Gore's Hopes for Presidency Begin to Fade - December 5, 2000

• “Bring on Braniac or someone like Bizarro that the Big Blue Boyscout can wreck whole cities with while engaged in herculean fisticuffs.”

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• “Channeling the anger constructively seems key to me — it keeps me motivated to remain as active and vocal as possible in the long-term herculean effort to save the country we love.”

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• “I can recall the herculean work we had performed to perfect this play.”

  Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball

• “It's this under-compensated, over-stressed Army that we're sending into Afghanistan to accomplish what could only be termed a herculean task.”

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• “Chuck Loveless, the director of legislation at the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, said, "Chairman Baucus has made what I would characterize as a herculean effort to produce this, but we think that the cost has been too high, and we want to see major changes.”

  The News Tribune Blogs

• “Certainly Levi Johnston didn't describe a "herculean" work ethic in his description of Sarah often coming home early and retiring to her bedroom to watch television for the rest of the evening.”

  The Huffington Post: Malia Litman: The Common Bond Between Draft Dodger, Ted Nugent, and Sarah Palin

• “Mr. Sorsby said Mr. Hovanian was "herculean" helping the company repay debt and keep cash flowing.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Season for CEO Reckoning

• “But it also allows her to gain "herculean" strength and agility.”

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• “It’s this under-compensated, over-stressed Army that we’re sending into Afghanistan to accomplish what could only be termed a herculean task.”

  William Astore: The Price of Pushing Our Troops Too Far

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