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as in cultivated
to cut into and turn over the sod of (a piece of land) using a bladed implement
we'll have to get out there and plow and plant both fields before it rains
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as in labored
to devote serious and sustained effort
plowed determinedly through the weighty tome
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Recent Examples of plowed
Denver has plowed money into its offensive and defensive lines and extended 10 players over the past 18 months, but perhaps no group has received more extensive and consistent investment than the receivers.
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Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2026
Last week, a woman in Redding plowed her truck through a red light while using FaceTime.
—Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2026
As crews plowed Twin Cities streets Monday, hundreds awoke to find their vehicles missing.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
The firestorm plowed through the Pacific Palisades and into Malibu, burning 23,400 acres and leveling more than 6,800 structures, including many homes.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
Shortsleeve’s criticism comes among complaints made by residents in New Bedford and Fall River of delays in clearing side streets, with some Fall River residents still trapped as of Thursday morning on streets had yet to be plowed four days after the storm hit.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Estrella said that residents can contact 311 if their street does not have a single lane plowed by the end of the day.
—Antonia Noori Farzan, The Providence Journal, 26 Feb. 2026
The National Park Service keeps the scenic drive plowed, though the process could take several hours right after a snowfall.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2026
The Urban Glide 3 plowed through unshovelled sidewalks with ease.
—Erica Zazo, Outside, 20 Feb. 2026
Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2026
Last week, a woman in Redding plowed her truck through a red light while using FaceTime.
—Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2026
As crews plowed Twin Cities streets Monday, hundreds awoke to find their vehicles missing.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
The firestorm plowed through the Pacific Palisades and into Malibu, burning 23,400 acres and leveling more than 6,800 structures, including many homes.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
Shortsleeve’s criticism comes among complaints made by residents in New Bedford and Fall River of delays in clearing side streets, with some Fall River residents still trapped as of Thursday morning on streets had yet to be plowed four days after the storm hit.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Estrella said that residents can contact 311 if their street does not have a single lane plowed by the end of the day.
—Antonia Noori Farzan, The Providence Journal, 26 Feb. 2026
The National Park Service keeps the scenic drive plowed, though the process could take several hours right after a snowfall.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2026
The Urban Glide 3 plowed through unshovelled sidewalks with ease.
—Erica Zazo, Outside, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plowed
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Wild tulips, known as tulipa, grow naturally in Central Asia and were first cultivated in Istanbul around 1055.—
Daily News,
Daily News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Koolhaas sang the joys of juxtapositions in his 1978 book Delirious New York, and here his firm has cultivated a distinctively New York–y jangle of forms in which the utilitarian becomes the theatrical.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
19 Mar. 2026
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Houston led the Hornets in tackles in 2024 and labored through injuries last season.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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Irish workers also labored in rail yards and mines in the area.—
Paula Kane,
The Conversation,
13 Mar. 2026
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Hundreds of thousands of people were left without power Saturday after high winds raked eastward from the Great Lakes region, leaving trees down and substantial property damage in their wake.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Mar. 2026
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Hundreds of thousands of people were left without power Saturday after high winds raked eastward from the Great Lakes region, leaving trees down and substantial property damage in their wake.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Mar. 2026
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The strike caused an intense fire at the hospital, with footage from local television showing rescue crews combing through the wreckage with flashlights late into the night as firefighters struggled to extinguish the blaze.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Mar. 2026
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Both teams struggled in their previous games, though.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
19 Mar. 2026
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At 88, the legendary artist, dressed in a black smock, was filmed walking through the eroded sculptural features of the badlands, her face furrowed by age, her eyes still blazing.—
John Burnett,
NPR,
14 Mar. 2026
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At the bottom of the steps, Junior Sister was dressed just as haphazardly, brow furrowed with concern.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
15 Feb. 2026
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After serving in World War II and the Korean War, Jim Rush worked 31 years at the local post office.—
SYDNEY PAGE THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
22 Mar. 2026
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The no-bill in the 1991 killing of Cynthia Gonzalez comes in a case on which a University of Texas at Arlington criminology class worked with police.—
Emerson Clarridge
Updated March 21,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Solid manure from feedlots, poultry houses or composting dairy barns is spread and tilled under.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
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Both cardboard and newspaper will break down during the growing season and can be tilled under with mulch before the next planting season.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
14 Mar. 2026
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Along the way, Pollan endeavored to find answers to some of the most fundamental questions of existence, like why is there a subjective self at all?—
Nick Hilden,
Rolling Stone,
24 Feb. 2026
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One month later, Turning Point’s flagship conference descended into recriminations over the very controversies and conspiracies that its founder had endeavored so assiduously to suppress.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Plowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plowed. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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