hoe

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Recent Examples of hoe Slowly, the trail widened with signs of civilization: hoed rows of plantings, waxy horses. Kayla Aletha Welch, Longreads, 19 Nov. 2024 Amazon’s focus on augmenting Buy with Prime with additional services like Buy with Prime Assist is a clear indication that there are still plenty of rows to be hoed in this arena. Chris Walton, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023 Johnnie was the gardener who planted, hoed, and harvested. Ronni Lundy, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2023 As a package, the Shelby Charger has hoed a long row from its 1982 fall debut as a crude but effective boy racer. Jean Lindamood, Car and Driver, 28 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for hoe
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoe
Verb
  • Leave this mulch layer in place through winter to insulate your garlic from the cold, and then rake it away and compost the mulch in spring when your garlic starts to produce fresh leafy growth.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Fall color doesn't have to mean a bunch of blowing and raking.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Before the big race, the track was harrowed, bringing it to a better and drier racing surface.
    John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2025
  • The research fellow who met me, Birte, was in her forties, and appeared as if she had been harrowed by her work.
    John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
Verb
  • An extreme solution, which has worked, is to kill your lawn, rototill it, and move all the soil around.
    oregonlive, oregonlive, 13 May 2023
  • Mix into the top few inches using a hand trowel; do not rototill.
    Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2023
Verb
  • In a bizarre twist, that denial letter listed her husband as the patient but made reference to the care of a newborn, not that of a 52-year-old man having a mental health crisis.
    Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Instead, the only four people listed as specific targets in the search warrant have Hispanic names.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Hoe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoe. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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