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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
Some weeds such as rescue grass and annual bluegrass produce an attractive winter lawn if they are mowed on a regular basis.
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Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Jan. 2026
When one member deployed to Kosovo, the others mowed his family’s grass.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Ross has mowed through Tony Sparano, Todd Bowles (interim), Joe Philbin, Dan Campbell (interim), Adam Gase, Brian Flores and now McDaniel.
—Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
Backup offensive lineman Thayer Munford whiffed blocking the Patriots' first run, but otherwise mowed defenders down as a fullback and moving tight end.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
One of the last people to visit her was the man who mowed her lawn.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 3 Jan. 2026
Cool-season grass that stay green need to have the soil aerated and mowed only when the blades reach a certain height.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2025
There are multiple graveyards along the trail, too, their grass sometimes mowed by trail clubs like Hudnell’s.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside, 30 Oct. 2025
Someone who wasn’t at the birthday party mowed a lawn.
—Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Jan. 2026
When one member deployed to Kosovo, the others mowed his family’s grass.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Ross has mowed through Tony Sparano, Todd Bowles (interim), Joe Philbin, Dan Campbell (interim), Adam Gase, Brian Flores and now McDaniel.
—Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
Backup offensive lineman Thayer Munford whiffed blocking the Patriots' first run, but otherwise mowed defenders down as a fullback and moving tight end.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
One of the last people to visit her was the man who mowed her lawn.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 3 Jan. 2026
Cool-season grass that stay green need to have the soil aerated and mowed only when the blades reach a certain height.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2025
There are multiple graveyards along the trail, too, their grass sometimes mowed by trail clubs like Hudnell’s.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside, 30 Oct. 2025
Someone who wasn’t at the birthday party mowed a lawn.
—Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mowed
Verb
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Politicians would like to believe that rising health-insurance costs result from bloated hospital budgets, physician overpayments, or administrative waste—problems that could be trimmed away painlessly.—
Chris Pope,
Washington Post,
10 Feb. 2026
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Gaga’s entire dress was trimmed with pleated fabric on her chest, stomach, and skirt, adding extra movement and texture to the head-turning look.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
8 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Damaged beyond repair, the building was permanently closed and later demolished.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2026
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After the closure of Toni’s Italian Restaurant’s Olathe location last year, city planning documents show the restaurant’s former building will soon be demolished alongside a handful of other buildings, as the city gears up for an ambitious overhaul of East Santa Fe Street.—
Kendrick Calfee
Updated February 4,
Kansas City Star,
4 Feb. 2026
Verb
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More recently, the mayor spoke out against the county’s plan to cut $200 million in homeless services.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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Local reports said Ukrainian missiles hit a power plant and an electrical substation, cutting power to parts of the city.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Yukon gold potatoes are shaved to a thickness of about a millimeter, layered with butter and a little corn starch and baked.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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The sides were much shorter, shaved down and brushed forward compared to the top.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
4 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Cortina Mayor Gianluca Lorenzi received death threats after centuries-old trees were felled to make way for a $131 million bobsledding track.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
9 Feb. 2026
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Afterward, Agnes and I were felled by the kind of hunger that overtakes only those who have exerted themselves in cold weather.—
Boris Fishman,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Using fresh data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft, researchers at Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science have produced the most precise measurements yet of the solar system’s largest planet, showing that Jupiter is slightly smaller and more flattened than earlier estimates suggested.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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Each character has been leveled by life in some way, resembling the Wayne Thiebaud model on the book’s cover — flattened by misogyny or malignant passive aggression or betrayal.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Mowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mowed. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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