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Recent Examples of furrow
Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
The 27-year-old has ploughed a long furrow in the lower leagues, dropping down a division to join third tier Ipswich Town in 2021.
—Asif Burhan, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Seth Emerson, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Aside from the motion-capture puppeteers sneezing or furrowing a brow in correspondence to their character's name, six of these dwarfs seem interchangeable — and all sound a little like Josh Gad, for some reason.
—Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025
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Noun
But as a teenager, Richard’s brow is creased into a deep furrow.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
The 27-year-old has ploughed a long furrow in the lower leagues, dropping down a division to join third tier Ipswich Town in 2021.
—Asif Burhan, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Verb
But present those two comments to Beamer, and his brow furrows.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Aside from the motion-capture puppeteers sneezing or furrowing a brow in correspondence to their character's name, six of these dwarfs seem interchangeable — and all sound a little like Josh Gad, for some reason.
—Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for furrow
Noun
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How Lindy Ruff will split the workload in Buffalo’s crease will likely depend on who earns the starts.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
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According to some reports such as ET News and Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is determined to make this crease invisible, or at least much less noticeable than any previous folding phone.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
Verb
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Three days after a winter storm blanketed Cincinnati, people on the city’s residential streets were still digging out of the snow and awaiting crews to plow the roads.—
Quinlan Bentley,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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As the Tennessee Department of Revenue continues to plow through processing about $1.5 billion in franchise tax refunds approved by lawmakers last year, little information is publicly available so far on the payouts – including how much of the funds were sent outside of the state.—
Vivian Jones,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
Verb
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Clothes removed from these bags are almost always wrinkled.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
4 July 2025
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These travel pants are made from lightweight, breathable fabric that drapes oh-so-perfectly along the legs and doesn’t wrinkle easily, even after a long flight.—
Anne Taylor,
Travel + Leisure,
2 July 2025
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“Furrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furrow. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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