hoeing

Definition of hoeingnext
present participle of hoe
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Verb
  • Tourists and scientists want to know On Thursday, three tractors spent more than an hour raking the beach at South Pointe Park in Miami Beach as beachgoers weaved around them, stepping over thick piles of sargassum that turned the shoreline water a murky brown.
    Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 9 May 2026
  • Prepare the planting bed by removing weeds and raking the soil even.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 4 May 2026
Verb
  • Wormser suggests tilling the ground and covering it with black plastic to deprive existing grass and weeds of sunlight.
    Ann Hinga Klein, Martha Stewart, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The film mostly exists as an exercise in further tilling personal earth that Romvari previously traversed in her short films.
    Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • That sense of a getaway is part of how the listing agent sums up the experience.
    David Caraccio May 9, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2026
  • When the network partnered with job-listing site Indeed and revealed details for the role, Chief World Cup Watcher, their idea was to lure in as many sports fans as possible to boost digital engagement around the biggest tournament in the Cup’s history.
    Zach Powell, New York Times, 7 May 2026
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“Hoeing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoeing. Accessed 15 May. 2026.

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