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Recent Examples of hoe
Johnnie was the gardener who planted, hoed, and harvested.
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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
And don’t tell In De Goot that hard rock/metal bands have an especially hard row to hoe.
—Katherine Turman, Variety, 12 Apr. 2022
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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
And don’t tell In De Goot that hard rock/metal bands have an especially hard row to hoe.
—Katherine Turman, Variety, 12 Apr. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoe
Verb
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The Annie set has 12 chairs, each designed to look like something that could literally rake through a head of hair.—
Nora Taylor,
Curbed,
23 Apr. 2025
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The cemetery was only sporadically maintained by its caretaker, and raking the long grass gave me the eerie feeling of running my fingers through a child’s hair.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
2 Apr. 2025
Verb
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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
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Plus, Shin Ha-young is given little to do in the second half of the series despite her effortless shift from warm third wheel to harrowed and weary abuse victim.—
Geoffrey Bunting,
Rolling Stone,
26 Oct. 2023
Verb
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An extreme solution, which has worked, is to kill your lawn, rototill it, and move all the soil around.—
oregonlive,
oregonlive,
13 May 2023
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Mix into the top few inches using a hand trowel; do not rototill.—
Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 May 2023
Verb
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This is why Sandy is not listed in the landfall maps!—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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Ahead of the match, Washington listed eleven players as unavailable, including star forward Trinity Rodman, who stepped away from team activities to address her continuing back issues.—
Asli Pelit,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Hoe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoe. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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