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as in to labor
to devote serious and sustained effort
plowed determinedly through the weighty tome
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Recent Examples of plow
With the play clock winding down, Mahomes caught the Raiders by surprise by snapping the ball and handing it off to running back Kareem Hunt, who plowed through defenders for a gain of 3 yards and a first down.
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Jayna Bardahl, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Kansas City has a sophisticated plowing system that involves community volunteers and realtime tracking in an app.
—Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 9 Oct. 2025
The church tethered the townspeople to a greater cause, which kept them plowing in the face of drought, faithful in the face of boredom, and sober in the face of hopelessness.
—Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
As part of that funding, the city will implement its new snow removal policy starting this winter and plow all streets once four inches accumulate.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 7 Oct. 2025
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Jayna Bardahl, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Kansas City has a sophisticated plowing system that involves community volunteers and realtime tracking in an app.
—Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 9 Oct. 2025
The church tethered the townspeople to a greater cause, which kept them plowing in the face of drought, faithful in the face of boredom, and sober in the face of hopelessness.
—Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
As part of that funding, the city will implement its new snow removal policy starting this winter and plow all streets once four inches accumulate.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plow
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What if your fall clean-up could involve less raking and more pumpkin spice lattes?—
Erica Browne Grivas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Oct. 2025
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In Milwaukee, there actually isn't any legislation that requires a resident to rake leaves that end up on their property from neighbors, the city Department of Public Works confirmed to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in an email.—
Cailey Gleeson,
jsonline.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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The Dodgers then knocked off the Giants in the NL Division Series, though Scherzer lost his Game 3 start – allowing three hits and a run on Evan Longoria’s game-deciding homer while laboring seven innings and 110 pitches.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
26 Oct. 2025
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Betsy’s love labored between two living losses.—
Joy Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Once a prominent participant in the Oslo peace process, Barghouti was known for cultivating ties with senior Israeli officials.—
Karl Vick,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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Taínos cultivated different crops ranging from fruits to sweet potatoes, yams, and peanuts.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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In my experience, this is especially true in the lonely hours of the night while struggling with chronic pain.—
Joni Eareckson Tada,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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After an effort to create a Falls of the Ohio national park fell short in 1967, Kentucky and Indiana officials struggled to stop the falls from becoming a garbage dump.—
Leo Bertucci,
Louisville Courier Journal,
25 Oct. 2025
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Lina glances at the ceiling, brow furrowed.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
8 Oct. 2025
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Worthington furrowed his brow and shook his head.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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Unlike many recycling approaches, this method works across multiple plastics and even mixtures, producing gram-scale yields that point to real-world feasibility, as per the release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Oct. 2025
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The humanities program will work with the arts board's Folk & Traditional Arts Apprenticeship program to train master and apprentice Wisconsin folk artists in planning and producing public programs that showcase and contextualize cultural traditions, stories and histories.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Sweet Vincent, written and directed by Ciara Boniface, centers a professional jazz musician reconciling with an old flame during a pivotal performance, both haunted by grief and striving for connection.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
23 Oct. 2025
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The communique said Beijing will strive to improve people’s welfare and the social security system, but did not provide details on how Beijing intends to achieve that or where the funds would come from.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
23 Oct. 2025
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Kevin O’Connell will no doubt endeavor to get McCarthy off to a strong scripted start, and the Minnesota game plan from there should be centered around easy completions with the occasional big-time throw sprinkled in.—
J.J. Bailey,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Skilled forgers started to catch on, endeavoring to cash in on that development.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Plow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plow. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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