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as in to labor
to devote serious and sustained effort
plowed determinedly through the weighty tome
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Recent Examples of plow
The family had installed a concrete barrier after a previous crash, a decision that may have prevented the car from plowing directly into their home.
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Tori Mason, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Nvidia — Shares of the chip giant popped about 1% as investors plowed money back into tech stocks.
—Davis Giangiulio,darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2026
Each April, Earth plows through its dusty trail — tiny grains burning up in the atmosphere at around 30 miles per second.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Jaylin Williams plowed through a screening Murray as Jokic drained a triple, enabling the Nuggets to tie it with a fortuitous 4-point play.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2026
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Tori Mason, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Nvidia — Shares of the chip giant popped about 1% as investors plowed money back into tech stocks.
—Davis Giangiulio,darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2026
Each April, Earth plows through its dusty trail — tiny grains burning up in the atmosphere at around 30 miles per second.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Jaylin Williams plowed through a screening Murray as Jokic drained a triple, enabling the Nuggets to tie it with a fortuitous 4-point play.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plow
Verb
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Prepare the planting bed by removing weeds and raking the soil even.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
4 May 2026
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Protect the Seed Stockman recommends raking the seeds into the lawn to ensure that there is ample seed-to-soil contact.—
Lee Wallender,
The Spruce,
30 Apr. 2026
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OpenAI’s attorneys painted Altman and co-founder Greg Brockman as humble startup founders who labored to build OpenAI while Musk was largely absent.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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For the rest of us, the construction kickoff means delay upon delay as streets, avenues and roads are awash with heavy equipment and construction workers laboring with jackhammers, picks and shovels.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Walsh and Knowles cultivated a big crowd in the rural northern Idaho college town with its backdrop of rolling hills and wheat fields.—
Saige Miller,
NPR,
30 Apr. 2026
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And with the rise of artificial intelligence and other technologies, innovative talent management strategies and state support systems, forward-thinking Maryland manufacturers have a host of new opportunities to solve the age-old challenge of cultivating the next generation of talent.—
Mike Kelleher,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Apr. 2026
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The contestants struggled mighty hard with the songs.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
28 Apr. 2026
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Pornographic deepfake images of her have circulated online, making the singer the most famous victim of a scourge that tech platforms and antiabuse groups have struggled to fix.—
Maria Sherman,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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In some pockets, 25-feet-deep cracks furrow the ground, a result of an overdraft of groundwater from the bank of the earth.—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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At 88, the legendary artist, dressed in a black smock, was filmed walking through the eroded sculptural features of the badlands, her face furrowed by age, her eyes still blazing.—
John Burnett,
NPR,
14 Mar. 2026
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In Florida, most art students go on to work for Disney World; Carly’s Chateau is a theme park scaled to the domestic.—
Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Amid Paul and Mortensen's ongoing legal battle, the fifth season of Mormon Wives temporarily halted production in March after several cast members refused to work with Paul, sources told PEOPLE at the time.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
1 May 2026
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Newer companies, such as Firefly Aerospace, Stoke Space and Relativity Space, are also striving to rise to the competition.—
Ramin Skibba,
Scientific American,
4 May 2026
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As Miranda faces public outcry and the pressures of a downturning publishing industry, Andy once again strives for her approval amid her steadfast pursuit of rigorous journalism.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
2 May 2026
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The project marks Legend’s first major musical stage endeavor as a composer.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
30 Apr. 2026
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Sustainability is a major emphasis for the Jordan team, who endeavor to utilize an entire plant through its life cycle, whether collecting fava blossoms for plate garnishes or using red shiso blossoms in salads.—
Anna Katherine Clemmons,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Plow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plow. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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