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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
Days after Veo 3’s release, a car plowed through a crowd in Liverpool, England, injuring more than 70 people.
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Andrew R. Chow, Time, 3 June 2025
In Grenoble, a city in southeastern France, a car plowed inadvertently into a crowd of celebrants, seriously injuring four people from the same family, the police said.
—Roger Cohen, New York Times, 1 June 2025
But in his second term — rid of officials like former Defense Secretary James Mattis who pushed back on Trump’s impulses — the president is plowing full speed ahead with a more fulsome military display.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 28 May 2025
At the annual Testicle Festival in Watsonville, California, last year, visitors plowed through plates of bull testicles, played Cow Pie Bingo and voted on their favorite Rocky Mountain oyster accompaniment.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2025
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Andrew R. Chow, Time, 3 June 2025
In Grenoble, a city in southeastern France, a car plowed inadvertently into a crowd of celebrants, seriously injuring four people from the same family, the police said.
—Roger Cohen, New York Times, 1 June 2025
But in his second term — rid of officials like former Defense Secretary James Mattis who pushed back on Trump’s impulses — the president is plowing full speed ahead with a more fulsome military display.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 28 May 2025
At the annual Testicle Festival in Watsonville, California, last year, visitors plowed through plates of bull testicles, played Cow Pie Bingo and voted on their favorite Rocky Mountain oyster accompaniment.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plow
Verb
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The charges are so ridiculous that Lander’s and Baraka’s were immediately dropped, with a judge raking prosecutors over the coals in the latter case.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2025
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Jensen is raking at Double-A with a .302 batting average, five home runs and 35 RBIs.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
19 June 2025
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Haliburton was laboring, and the Pacers were working around it.—
Tony East,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Indeed, where Webb got soft contact and quick outs, needing just 98 pitches to complete his seventh seven-inning outing of the season, Yamamoto labored through hitters’ counts and long at-bats, issuing a career-high five walks while finding the strike zone on just 56 of his 102 pitches.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2025
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Spanish-Speaking Cannabis Creators Santa Tuca (Alan) – A prominent Argentine cannabis creator and community leader, Santa Tuca has cultivated an audience of 80,000+ on Instagram with creative grow-op tours, event coverage, and lifestyle content.—
Javier Hasse,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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In each case, growing landlessness and the pressure to cultivate cash crops reduced local resilience in the face of prolonged droughts and other disasters, such as outbreaks of bubonic plague and cattle disease.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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However, San Jose has struggled to keep pace, with the city failing to see a single construction start last year for market-rate multi-family developments over 20 units, making the Pleasant Hills project a potential bonus should it be constructed.—
Devan Patel,
Mercury News,
28 June 2025
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Now, with no practical skills to speak of, the newly unemployed Grant struggled to find work.—
Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
28 June 2025
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At times, the juror would widen her eyes and furrow her brow, appearing to be skeptical of some of Mia’s testimony.—
Erik Ortiz,
NBC news,
2 June 2025
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People on TikTok openly share negative experiences, cry on camera, discuss red carpet looks from their beds, or talk about books while rolling their eyes, furrowing their brows, and raising their voices.—
Leila Herrmann,
Vogue,
9 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Perhaps reflecting the changing finances and current geographical realities of the industry, 43 of those 48 projects are independent films, with many working with budgets of $10M or less.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
24 June 2025
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Evolution tends to repeat what works, AKA convergent evolution.—
Jahan Marcu,
Rolling Stone,
24 June 2025
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Kenn Ricci, founder of Flexjet, is an executive who strives to embody both while also running a business in one of the more challenging industries to be sustainable in, aviation.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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But improvements on the field are what this group strives for each year.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2025
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Not surprisingly, Justice Jackson simply noted her dissent without endeavoring to explain it.—
The Editors,
National Review,
20 May 2025
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More than 6,000 brands have been rated so far, with staffers generally endeavoring to update scores every 12 to 18 months to judge progress (or backsliding, as the case may be).—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Plow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plow. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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