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as in raking
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 laboring
to devote serious and sustained effort
plowed determinedly through the weighty tome
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Recent Examples of plowing
The two galaxies, named NGC 4532 and DDO 137, are in fact falling into the Virgo Cluster at 547 miles (880 kilometers) per second, and in doing so are plowing through a vast cloud of gas that surrounds the cluster.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2025
It was designed with fuel cell tech like Toyota’s Mirai and tested in real farm tasks such as plowing.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
Producers are no longer plowing every spare dollar into drilling programs just to chase production growth.
—Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The forum moderator then interjected and turned to Mike Hilborn, who said his commercial landlord recently raised the rent for his power washing and snow plowing company from $17,000 per month to $22,000 per month after showing him how property taxes had gone up for the building.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 18 Sep. 2025
Once the target audience for novelists, boys and young men are much more likely to spend time gaming than plowing through 400 pages of anything.
—Doug McIntyre, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025
The key policy lever which could attract private sector investment is plowing more public moneys into development, Guiney argued.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
Police have arrested a man suspected of opening fire at the driver accused of plowing his vehicle into a crowd and injuring dozens of people outside a popular Los Angeles nightclub in July.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
Keith Cooper, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2025
It was designed with fuel cell tech like Toyota’s Mirai and tested in real farm tasks such as plowing.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
Producers are no longer plowing every spare dollar into drilling programs just to chase production growth.
—Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The forum moderator then interjected and turned to Mike Hilborn, who said his commercial landlord recently raised the rent for his power washing and snow plowing company from $17,000 per month to $22,000 per month after showing him how property taxes had gone up for the building.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 18 Sep. 2025
Once the target audience for novelists, boys and young men are much more likely to spend time gaming than plowing through 400 pages of anything.
—Doug McIntyre, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025
The key policy lever which could attract private sector investment is plowing more public moneys into development, Guiney argued.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
Police have arrested a man suspected of opening fire at the driver accused of plowing his vehicle into a crowd and injuring dozens of people outside a popular Los Angeles nightclub in July.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plowing
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Then comes fall, and a lot of people think they are done with the lawn for the season, except for mowing and raking leaves.—
Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp,
IndyStar,
27 Sep. 2025
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Once true fall arrives, though, we’ll soon be met with the quintessential (yet arduous) autumnal task of raking leaves.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
24 Sep. 2025
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With The Fulfillment, the sub-context is how clout culture is a currency, how attention itself has become a currency, just like our laboring bodies are.—
Christopher Claxton,
Billboard,
19 Sep. 2025
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While such a scenario sounds potentially maudlin and manipulative, Lucero — who wrote the film from a personal place — never allows that to happen by making the characters complex and flawed, and laboring under real-life issues.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
12 Sep. 2025
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These foundations include having a consistent bedtime and wake-up time, avoiding technology use at night, and cultivating a cool, dark and quiet sleeping environment.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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Fifth generation Hamilton County farmer Rodney Rulon not only grows thousands of acres of corn and soy but is now cultivating a new approach to protecting the White River.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
25 Sep. 2025
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Maybe new additions will boost a struggling position group.—
Antonio Morales,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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The ever-paranoid Ally believes all of these headscratchers are part of a Trumpian conspiracy that's out to get her, but audiences were left struggling to connect the dots.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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As the son of Hades relentlessly striving to escape from the underworld, failure sends players back to the start; but never empty-handed.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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Though the status quo may provide good results, researchers are constantly striving for something better.—
Sheldon Jacobson,
Twin Cities,
25 Sep. 2025
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The grass and roots can then be raked out after tilling the soil and before planting flowers.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
28 Sep. 2025
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The disease presents growing risks not just for agricultural workers accustomed to tilling soil but also for those who move to new suburban developments or spend the weekend on a golf trip in a region where the fungus is present.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
22 Sep. 2025
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The department is working with an independent monitor to implement reforms and improve accountability.—
Monroe Trombly,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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To promote what executives described as modern ways of working, Elanco changed blueprint plans several times over the course of half a decade.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Plowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plowing. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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