rototill

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Recent Examples of rototill An extreme solution, which has worked, is to kill your lawn, rototill it, and move all the soil around. oregonlive, 13 May 2023 Mix into the top few inches using a hand trowel; do not rototill. Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2023 Gardeners don’t rototill except when building a garden. Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2022 Run them through the mower to shred them, then spread up to 1 inch of the shredded leaves over the garden and rototill them into the soil to a depth of 5 or 6 inches. Neil Sperry Down To Earth, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Nov. 2021 In May, tell readers to rototill their gardens. New York Times, 28 July 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rototill
Verb
  • Participants are encouraged to bring their own shovel, gloves, and rakes as limited tools will be provided at the event.
    Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The bear repeated the raking pounce a little higher up Duane’s back.
    Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • One person whose voice stuck out for Fields-Black was Minus Hamilton, an 88-year-old who was hoeing the rice fields at the time of the raid.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
  • To stay on top of weeds, plan to hand-pull or hoe down weeds early in the season when their root systems are still small, and then spend a few minutes weeding each week.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 June 2025
Verb
  • Before the big race, the track was harrowed, bringing it to a better and drier racing surface.
    John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2025
  • The research fellow who met me, Birte, was in her forties, and appeared as if she had been harrowed by her work.
    John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
Verb
  • Defenseman Noah Hanifin didn’t play on Saturday with an undisclosed injury and is listed as day-to-day.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The species is one of the world’s largest sea turtles, and humans have long hunted it to make turtle soup and to eat its eggs as a delicacy; it has been listed as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature since the 1980s.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Rototill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rototill. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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