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Recent Examples of hoe 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 Opener Gordie Brown had a tough row to hoe, with an audience eager for the main event. Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2023 See All Example Sentences for hoe
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoe
Verb
  • Jensen is raking at Double-A with a .302 batting average, five home runs and 35 RBIs.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2025
  • The charges are so ridiculous that Lander’s and Baraka’s were immediately dropped, with a judge raking prosecutors over the coals in the latter case.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 19 June 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
  • Silky sharks are listed under CITES Appendix II and are considered globally vulnerable.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • United Talent Agency no longer listed the group on its website Monday, and sources told Deadline that UTA decided to drop Bob Vylan over the weekend due to the chants.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 30 June 2025

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