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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
Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 2 June 2025
The funny thing is that, wild gore aside, Scanners is one of his most accessible films — essentially Cronenberg’s version of an X-Men picture, pitting the good and the evil Scanners against each other via close-ups of the actors grimacing and furrowing with silly mental concentration.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 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
At times, the juror would widen her eyes and furrow her brow, appearing to be skeptical of some of Mia’s testimony.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 2 June 2025
The funny thing is that, wild gore aside, Scanners is one of his most accessible films — essentially Cronenberg’s version of an X-Men picture, pitting the good and the evil Scanners against each other via close-ups of the actors grimacing and furrowing with silly mental concentration.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for furrow
Noun
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Gurman says the company may use the iPhone's in-cell touch screen to avoid the air gaps and prominent crease that on-screen touch screens could have.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
25 Aug. 2025
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There are some subtle additions to help differentiate the Blackwing from the regular CT5-V, too, such as more diagonal creases in its front end design and a larger rear spoiler that can be optioned in chic carbon fiber.—
Peter Nelson,
Forbes.com,
23 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Investors have plowed close to $350 million in the space with a new crop of startups like Omi and Limitless releasing wearables, while Amazon just snapped up Bee, a tiny note-taking device startup, for an undisclosed amount.—
Rashi Shrivastava,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Once the target audience for novelists, boys and young men are much more likely to spend time gaming than plowing through 400 pages of anything.—
Doug McIntyre,
Oc Register,
31 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The slim fit of these long sleeves is perfect for tucking into bottoms, and the super-soft, stretchy fabric won’t wrinkle easily when folded into your travel bag.—
Amber Cardullo,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Aug. 2025
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After a nutria was tossed fifteen or twenty times, snotlike entrails began to protrude from the bullet holes, at which point Miss Louisiana, wrinkling her nose, would place it in a trash bucket and select a fresh carcass from the cooler.—
Nathaniel Rich,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Furrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furrow. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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