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as in demolished
to bring down by cutting
an afternoon spent mowing hay
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Recent Examples of mowed
The team mowed through six exhibition games this month, aided by a collection of EuroLeague veterans and NBA role players such as Bogdan Bogdanovic, Nikola Jovic and Nikola Topic.
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Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 22 Aug. 2025
Grow a thick lawn mowed no shorter than two inches and let the good grass crowd out the nutgrass.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2025
On the other end of the spectrum is the yard that’s mowed at 2 inches.
—Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2025
Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 22 Aug. 2025
Grow a thick lawn mowed no shorter than two inches and let the good grass crowd out the nutgrass.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2025
On the other end of the spectrum is the yard that’s mowed at 2 inches.
—Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mowed
Verb
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Richland trimmed the deficit with a focus on the ground game, as Kates and Gibson ran the ball right through the Panthers’ defense while playing up-tempo.—
Jordan Neal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Sep. 2025
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Earlier in 2024, Fox News trimmed a portion of his answer to a question when he was asked about declassifying files related to Jeffrey Epstein.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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Additionally, several existing dilapidated buildings on the site will be demolished and their concrete recycled and partly reused to realize the new structures.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Sep. 2025
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Archaeologists believe that Ayscough's house was demolished after a fire destroyed it in the early 1800s – but its remains have only just been uncovered in new excavations.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Initially lined up outside, Chiefs defensive end Chris Jones quickly cut inside to beat the right tackle.—
Pete Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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On the northeast of the fire, by Sugar Pine Mountain, crews worked in steep, inaccessible terrain to bring containment lines into the natural rock bluff, trying to cut the fire off south of the Wishon Reservoir for the protection of the critical hydroelectric infrastructure.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Her mother, brother, and aunt shaved their heads as well.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Per a Vogue cover story earlier this month, the actress’ head was shaved in real time during a scene in the movie.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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When a mother tree is felled, the survival rate of many of its seedlings may be drastically reduced, a process not unlike the reciprocal feedback loop of Yggdrasill, whose deterioration in response to discord in the nine realms spells cosmic collapse.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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The storm damaged nearly 7,000 homes, inundated 28,800 hectares of rice plantings and felled 18,000 trees, the government said in a statement.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
26 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Photos of the aftermath showed the front windshield on the roof of the bus shattered and nearly flattened.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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Entire towns were flattened, leaving more than 450 people dead, thousands injured, and nearly every building on the islands destroyed or badly damaged.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Mowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mowed. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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