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Recent Examples of furrow
Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2025
Will be exciting to see if those Tractor Boys can plough a more productive furrow with a young Seagull flying with them.
—Ali Rampling, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2025
In the final scene, the camera zooms in slowly on Daisy, eyebrows furrowed with an intense glare in her eyes.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Eyes dart, brows furrow, and Holliday lets slip a slight grin, before skinning that smoke wagon and firing one shot into Ringo’s forehead.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2025
Will be exciting to see if those Tractor Boys can plough a more productive furrow with a young Seagull flying with them.
—Ali Rampling, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
Some federal services, like the Postal Service, remain operational, but ahead of the looming shutdown, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that about 750,000 employees could be furrowed each day.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2025
In the final scene, the camera zooms in slowly on Daisy, eyebrows furrowed with an intense glare in her eyes.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for furrow
Noun
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Later in the first, that trio had a scrappy shift in front of the Islanders’ crease, which ended with Yurov finding a gap in the armor for his second career goal.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
8 Nov. 2025
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Then use your right hand to pull that corner up and over the box, allowing the excess paper to fold and crease under the flap.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Tablets will tell drivers if streets have been pre-treated, salted or already plowed – data that will then spill into the Snowplow Tracker for the public to see.—
Patricia Gallagher Newberry,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
30 Oct. 2025
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Many had been plowed for agriculture.—
Mike Bezemek,
Outside,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The old, wrinkled one looks up at Helm’s mountain, at the sky above its summit.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Harlow wrinkles her nose, the perfect picture of disgust.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Furrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furrow. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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