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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
During a press conference Tuesday, Chitwood played surveillance video showing the impact and the truck plowing through the tiny structure and then continuing out across the beach and in the shallow waves the Atlantic before it got stuck.
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 June 2026
The community is in shock after a driver plowed his car into some businesses in the Castro District early Sunday morning.
—Sooji Nam, CBS News, 1 June 2026
Softbank has plowed more than $30 billion into OpenAI, with its investment gains in the company totaling $45 billion in the year ended March.
—Azhar Sukri, CNBC, 31 May 2026
When on a ladder, use a four-prong garden tool in a plowing motion to push leaves out of gutters.
—Emerson Latham, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 May 2026
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 June 2026
The community is in shock after a driver plowed his car into some businesses in the Castro District early Sunday morning.
—Sooji Nam, CBS News, 1 June 2026
Softbank has plowed more than $30 billion into OpenAI, with its investment gains in the company totaling $45 billion in the year ended March.
—Azhar Sukri, CNBC, 31 May 2026
When on a ladder, use a four-prong garden tool in a plowing motion to push leaves out of gutters.
—Emerson Latham, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plow
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After severe thunderstorms raked Washington on Friday evening, the Kennedy Center sought one more extension before complying with a noon Saturday deadline.—
Steven Sloan,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2026
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How To Clean Cotton/Jersey Gardening Gloves Cotton makes a good all-purpose glove for raking leaves and tidying your yard.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
8 June 2026
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About 2,700 engineers labored on the project.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
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Another laboring woman with the same image on her phone.—
Karli Swenson,
The Conversation,
11 June 2026
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Insider tip Yunnan and Kunming are known for their flowers, both wild and cultivated, so the hotel’s floral arrangements and garden landscapes are particularly beautiful.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 June 2026
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In 2025, Mycoworks shuttered its South Carolina biomanufacturing plant, announcing a pivot to processing cheaper third-party mycelium instead of cultivating it themselves, and Natural Fiber Welding narrowly escaped bankruptcy, adding to the sense of an ending.—
Bella Webb,
Vogue,
11 June 2026
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The Primm family, owners of the land that includes three casino resorts and other businesses along the 15 Freeway, announced Tuesday a partnership intended to save the struggling state-line strip and hundreds of jobs.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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Those home-and-away supporters know how much England struggled with the heat during a camp last summer.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
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At the combine, as executives and scouts furrowed their brows and furtively took notes, Mann and I stood on the concourse, watching team personnel watch prospects work out.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
4 June 2026
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They were furrowed throughout his testimony.—
Tom Dotan,
Vanity Fair,
17 May 2026
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How would the population cap work?—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
13 June 2026
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In the 1970s, what was then West Germany co-produced the Tornado bomber with the UK and Italy; then in the 1990s Germany worked with the UK, Italy and Spain to produce the dog-fighting Eurofighter jet.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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There are luxury resorts that strive to feel like homes, and then there are homes that accidentally become luxury resorts.—
Arion McNicoll,
TheWeek,
15 June 2026
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Impersonators try to embody the whole character, while tribute artists strive for other types of authenticity, like voice and dress.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
13 June 2026
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One of the owners, Viola, made sure to keep it that way when endeavoring in this passion project.—
Valentina Di Donato,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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Planting a flag in a new location is always a momentous moment for any brand—so when a house endeavors to reposition that pennant, suddenly things feel all the more significant.—
Ming Liu,
Robb Report,
24 May 2026
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“Plow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plow. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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