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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
Javonte Williams has been hitting the second level and plowing behind a great O-line.
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 10 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
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.
—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
Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 10 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
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plowing
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Remove leaf litter, but consider mulching leaves instead of raking and bagging them to add nutrients back to the soil.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
3 Oct. 2025
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Do yard work like raking leaves or digging a garden.—
Sarah Bradley,
Health,
30 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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During the Soviet era, all the vineyards in the area were replaced with hazelnut trees and tea bushes because cultivating wine in this humid climate was deemed too difficult.—
Jessica Jungbauer,
Vogue,
6 Oct. 2025
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Actor Charlie Hunnum discussed with Variety the process of cultivating Ed Gein's voice.—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Families are struggling with rising costs while City Hall wastes millions.—
Miami Herald Staff,
Miami Herald,
8 Oct. 2025
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Through scholarships and events, the organization aims to support and encourage people struggling with illness.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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This is especially true for the young Latine children and families who are striving to learn the local language and customs of a country that’s already waging war against them.—
Priscilla Blossom,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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Utah’s state government posted a message on its website this week that officials are monitoring events in Washington connected with national park funding and are striving to protect the national parks in Utah.—
Jeanne Bonner,
CNN Money,
30 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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All federal employees who are not paid during the shutdown, whether they were furloughed or remained working, are entitled by law to back pay once the shutdown ends.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
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Too many working families are being priced out of their own neighborhoods.—
Miami Herald Staff,
Miami Herald,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Plowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plowing. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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