1
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
Singh has now been arrested on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated after plowing his big rig into slow-moving traffic on the I-10 Freeway in San Bernardino County.
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Jasmine Baehr , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
But the images of bulldozers plowing down the East Wing, which has housed the offices of the first lady and others in the White House, has drawn sharp criticism.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
Also running for mayor in this year’s election are Mike Hilborn, who owns a snow-plowing and power-washing company, and Adam Dullinger, a mechanical engineer.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2025
Javonte Williams has been hitting the second level and plowing behind a great O-line.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Kansas City has a sophisticated plowing system that involves community volunteers and realtime tracking in an app.
—Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 9 Oct. 2025
The planing hull, of course, means the vessel rises up and skims over the water, rather than plowing through waves.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2025
But on Sunday morning, a visitor took advantage of the church’s open arms – plowing his truck into an LDS chapel in Michigan, shooting worshippers with an assault weapon and setting the building on fire.
—Holly Yan, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Today, a lot of big companies—Softbank, Alibaba, etc—are plowing hundreds of billions of dollars into achieving artificial general intelligence, or AGI.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 28 Sep. 2025
Jasmine Baehr , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
But the images of bulldozers plowing down the East Wing, which has housed the offices of the first lady and others in the White House, has drawn sharp criticism.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
Also running for mayor in this year’s election are Mike Hilborn, who owns a snow-plowing and power-washing company, and Adam Dullinger, a mechanical engineer.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2025
Javonte Williams has been hitting the second level and plowing behind a great O-line.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Kansas City has a sophisticated plowing system that involves community volunteers and realtime tracking in an app.
—Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 9 Oct. 2025
The planing hull, of course, means the vessel rises up and skims over the water, rather than plowing through waves.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2025
But on Sunday morning, a visitor took advantage of the church’s open arms – plowing his truck into an LDS chapel in Michigan, shooting worshippers with an assault weapon and setting the building on fire.
—Holly Yan, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Today, a lot of big companies—Softbank, Alibaba, etc—are plowing hundreds of billions of dollars into achieving artificial general intelligence, or AGI.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 28 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plowing
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This will improve your ability to perform daily tasks like reaching the back seat of your car to grab an object, shoveling snow, or raking leaves.—
Jenny McCoy,
Outside,
29 Oct. 2025
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What if your fall clean-up could involve less raking and more pumpkin spice lattes?—
Erica Browne Grivas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Oct. 2025
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The Dodgers then knocked off the Giants in the NL Division Series, though Scherzer lost his Game 3 start – allowing three hits and a run on Evan Longoria’s game-deciding homer while laboring seven innings and 110 pitches.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
26 Oct. 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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Downstairs, a private VIC suite — the brand’s first in Europe — has been designed to support its growing clienteling program aimed at cultivating high-spending clients.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
30 Oct. 2025
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Operating from Auckland, New Zealand, the outfit handles north of 100 titles and maintains a presence at major markets, championing visually striking material and cultivating ongoing relationships with genre filmmakers globally.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
29 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement Her victory also carries national implications for Democrats, who are struggling to chart a path between progressive energy and centrist caution ahead of the 2026 midterms.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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Always Greener, which scored 15 nominations on the annual Brit List, is a high concept script that follows a struggling artist, haunted by past failure, who is given a one-in-a-million chance to become his rich and successful doppelganger from a parallel universe.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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Gidwani recommends striving for a blend of aerobic (cardio) exercise and strength training to optimize mitochondrial health.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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That dynamic is something Sandriver is striving to correct.—
Naomi Rougeau,
Robb Report,
2 Nov. 2025
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Prepare the soil through core aeration or tilling 4 to 6 inches deep.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
8 Oct. 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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Of those, about 44,000 were working adults and 42,000 were working for an employer, according to the report.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Nov. 2025
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Singaporean transit company ComfortDelGro, meanwhile, is working with Pony AI to explore offering robotaxis, while Lyft is collaborating with Baidu to test its Apollo Go self-driving cars in Europe.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Plowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plowing. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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