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Recent Examples of furrow
Asif Burhan, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Brows furrow, lips purse, and side-eyes are flicked — deliciously.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 18 Nov. 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
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
Brows furrow, lips purse, and side-eyes are flicked — deliciously.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 18 Nov. 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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There’s nothing worse than getting to your destination and finding out your travel outfits have creases.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
People.com,
14 June 2025
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This suitably obsidian appliance can blitz through an 11-pound load in just 39 minutes and, thanks to its use of steam, 99.99 percent of allergens are removed and creases reduced by 30 percent.—
Chris Haslam,
Wired News,
23 May 2025
Verb
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The voice on the other end asked if the lot was plowed.—
Matthew Glowicki,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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Indianapolis used to pay private contractors to plow side streets after snowfalls of six inches but even that didn’t guarantee every street would get scraped.—
John Tuohy,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
Verb
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The 30-percent linen two-piece is breathable, comfortable, and resists wrinkling—ideal for flights and airport days.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
22 June 2025
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Since the dawn of time, fashion lovers have been searching for ways to keep their breezy summer outfits from wrinkling without having to drag around a personal steamer.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
13 June 2025
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“Furrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furrow. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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