BANG AWAY Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

bang away

verb

Definition of bang away

as in to struggle

to devote serious and sustained effort the design team has been banging away at that project for months

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Recent Examples of bang away To heat-style, blow-dry curtain bangs away from the face, sweeping them from side to side with a paddle brush. — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 9 June 2026 Brian Cashman gets it all the time, but good, from Yankee fans; for them, banging away at Cashman on social media feels like the real national pastime. — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2025 Former staff leaked internal spats and embarrassing editorial ideas by the new leadership and pointed out that many top leaders were banging away at stories that were likely below their pay grade. — Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 June 2025 One of the roadies came out to bang away on the piano, the notes more felt than heard, part of the noise. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2024 As several drummers banged away, Vázquez danced near a table and teammates clapped along to the music, including a spirited effort from Royce Lewis. — Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024 Norton remembers banging away on his dad’s Smith Corona typewriter in the den. — Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2024 The manager demonstrated how to use the rock hammers, and then people got to banging away, trying to find opals in the rock. — Marla Jo Fisher, Orange County Register, 31 Jan. 2024

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Miller's attempt to recast the conversation about his divorce echoed efforts by other candidates who are struggling to overcome concerns about their character.

— Lara Korte The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
But more than 40 countries currently struggling with financing and liquidity challenges do not have debt stocks that require imminent restructuring.

— Masood Ahmed, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of struggle

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Democratic politicians, bureaucrats and labor leaders, once rabble-rousers like Bass who nowadays seem to exist mostly to keep their sinecure, have labored mightily to convince unbelieving voters that Bass deserves another shot.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
The circumstances of Saint Michael’s help while the pilgrim labored and delivered in the ocean were markedly different from those in the miracle ascribed to the Virgin.

— Ellen O’Connell Whittet, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of labor

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Filmed largely on the doctors’ phones, the film offers an intimate account of the people striving to preserve life amid a devastating humanitarian crisis.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026
Are these trends in direct conversation with the rise in weight loss medications, as luxury customers strive to show off their new bodies?

— Rachael Akhidenor, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of strive

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Employee working with open food not wearing effective hair restraint.

— NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
But while critics on the Israeli right railed against the deal, Netanyahu’s deputies worked behind the scenes to preserve it, according to correspondence obtained by TIME.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026

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