plowed

verb

past tense of plow
1
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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2
as in labored
to devote serious and sustained effort plowed determinedly through the weighty tome

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Recent Examples of plowed Trump has plowed a huge hole in the innocent intent of the six justices who supported the measure, but the words from the three dissenting justices ring loud and clear for the world to have heard today. — Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2026 Another Serve Robotics robot plowed through a crime scene. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 24 June 2026 Roads are not plowed, so owners and guests reach the property by snow cat or sled from the gate. — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026 Over the past five years, the Google parent has plowed about $280 billion into share repurchases, or more than 6% of Alphabet’s current market capitalization, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 June 2026 The tornado plowed from Hickory Hills to the Midway Airport area and was one of 17 that tore through the region Thursday night, according to the National Weather Service. — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 15 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 The driver appeared to have plowed through the crossing barrier, Federal Police spokesperson An Berger said. — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plowed
  1. cultivated
  2. labored
  3. raked
  4. struggled
  5. furrowed
  6. worked
  7. tilled
  8. endeavored
Verb
  • But the star has cultivated a loyal collective of her favorite brands, including Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Stella McCartney and Area (recall her famous Super Bowl jeans).
    — Morgan Evans, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • The one-person filmmaker averages 3 million views per episode and has cultivated a YouTube audience of 500,000.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
Definition of cultivated
Verb
  • That doesn’t mean the subscription businesses that media companies labored to build will collapse, Cohen said.
    — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 7 July 2026
  • On the same pitch earlier, South Africa labored past Bangladesh by four wickets and waited for India's fate.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 June 2026
Definition of labored
Verb
  • Balogun splayed his legs to keep his balance, and his right foot raked down the back of Muharemović’s calf before landing on Muharemović’s ankle.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 2 July 2026
  • Destructive winds in Oklahoma Farther west, a nasty line of thunderstorms from the same system raked through western and central Oklahoma after midnight CT Monday morning.
    — Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 22 June 2026
Definition of raked
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  • Turkey struggled against the USMNT’s corners throughout the game, with multiple chances created from outswinging corners towards the penalty spot.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 14 July 2026
  • The visit comes as Garrity trails Shapiro by roughly 20 points, raising questions about how much political influence DeSantis carries in a battleground state where his 2024 presidential campaign struggled to break through.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 14 July 2026
Definition of struggled
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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
  • They were furrowed throughout his testimony.
    — Tom Dotan, Vanity Fair, 17 May 2026
Definition of furrowed
Verb
  • Brown’s wife was Bruneau’s best friend at the time of the victim’s death, and both women worked as flight attendants for Braniff Airlines, a Grapevine police detective wrote in an arrest warrant affidavit filed in June.
    — Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
  • Part of what makes AI so useful in health and medicine is that the technology excels at identifying trends in large swaths of data, said Jason Droege, CEO of Scale AI, which worked with Mayo Clinic to develop Record Time.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
Definition of worked
Verb
  • Creative soil has to be tilled every once in a while.
    — Peter Bogdanovich, IndieWire, 13 May 2026
  • Red clover can make a drought- and shade-tolerant lawn alternative, but it is more often grown as an annual winter cover crop and then tilled into the soil as green manure.
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 13 May 2026
Definition of tilled
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  • Years later, a second producer endeavored to make a movie of Sebold’s memoir.
    — ProPublica, ProPublica, 14 July 2026
  • When Disney+ first launched, the House of Mouse endeavored to make its streaming platform the new home of all things Star Wars.
    — Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 21 May 2026
Definition of endeavored

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