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Recent Examples of furrow
Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 17 Jan. 2026
Young olive trees have smooth, gray bark, while the bark develops interesting furrows as the plant ages.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2025
Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Trump's pin features a cartoon version of himself with his mouth open, brows furrowed and fists balled at his sides.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Formal design dates back to the ancient Egyptians, whose practice was to plant along straight furrows or channels dug for irrigation purposes.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 17 Jan. 2026
Young olive trees have smooth, gray bark, while the bark develops interesting furrows as the plant ages.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
Keep an eye out for Jeffrey pines, which will have deeply furrowed bark and round prickly cones.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Trump's pin features a cartoon version of himself with his mouth open, brows furrowed and fists balled at his sides.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for furrow
Noun
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But promising freshman slot receiver Vance Spafford finds creases in coverage and caught a TD pass Saturday, along with another nice catch along the sideline.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2026
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His face, always stationed somewhere halfway to hangdog, seems to gain 20 new creases carved deep into his skin, accentuating his mournful eyes and his excruciated, heartbroken smile.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2026
Verb
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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
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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
Verb
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There are still some lingering discrepancies, wrinkles that the team thinks other collisions between particles with sizes between protons and iron could help to iron out.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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The last thing Louise saw before losing consciousness was this woman’s face, wrinkled in an unapologetic way, old, shamelessly old, defiantly so.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Furrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furrow. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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