I could hear my roommate 'plodding' up the steps to our apartment.
We 'plodded' through mud that came up past our ankles.
We 'plodded' our way across the muddy field.
(..) for the Gluant case. - What? - An incompetent. An unimaginative, by-the-book, low-level incompetent... ...who will plod along, getting nowhere... ...with the media watching his every step. And while he is getting nowhere... ...I will put together the finest team (..)1976 The Pink Panther Strikes Again