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rototill

verb

Definition of rototill

as in to rake

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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 Instead of rototilling, make seed-size holes with a pencil or drag a stick down a bed to make inch-wide furrows for planting in rows. — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 7 May 2020

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Where once most people raked their dry autumn leaves into a pile and burned them, now many use leaf blowers to just blow them away.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
Verbruggen illustrated his strengths in possession in the early stages against Leeds with a raking pass that released Maxim De Cuyper one-v-one against Jayden Bogle.

— Andy Naylor, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

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The post-op row, however, is proving tough to hoe for a small business owner used to putting in hours well beyond overtime.

— Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 May 2026
The $10 general admission during the Lilac Festival on weekends includes petting zoo, lilac maze, hoe down & jug band shows, lawn games, and lilac viewing.

— Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026

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In 2008, a San Francisco court denied Stone's attempt to alter the custody arrangement which listed Bronstein's San Francisco home as Roan's primary residence, with Stone getting visitation rights.

— Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026
The stock trading surfaced in May of this year, when a first-quarter filing listed roughly 3,600 transactions in 90 days.

— Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026

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