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as in sprayed
to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on
sow the fields with maize in early spring, and the crop should be ready by late summer
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as in bred
to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set
a malicious neighbor who sowed within him nagging suspicions about his wife
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Recent Examples of sowed
In the reception area, amid meandering pools and rock walls sowed with cascading ferns, staff members taught guests how to weave coconut fronds into sun hats and fans.
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Julie Orringer,
Travel + Leisure,
9 June 2026
But Cepeda and Petro on Sunday night sowed doubt in the result and claimed — so far without evidence — that hundreds of thousands of votes were manipulated and that foreign actors interfered with the result.
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Megan Janetsky,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
Cepeda, too, sowed doubt about the results, saying that votes were miscounted and that there were discrepancies.
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Raquel Coronell Uribe,
NBC news,
1 June 2026
But the past few weeks have showcased the bigger fruits being sowed under Vidosic and the club’s backing of him.
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Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
But thanks in part to the grievance groundwork DeSantis has sowed, the 31-year-old’s divisive message is starting to earn him national attention.
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Scott Maxwell,
Sun Sentinel,
9 May 2026
So Vogt pulled all the showy purple spikes and sowed assorted prairie plants instead.
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Teresa Woodard,
Midwest Living,
3 May 2026
Through it all, Chavez - who sowed the seed of so much pain - has remained alive on Death Row, courtesy of Florida taxpayers.
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Amy Driscoll,
Miami Herald,
3 May 2026
Additionally, the community where measles is spreading has been the home of a sect of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a group that had a charismatic leader named Warren Jeffs who sowed distrust in vaccines.
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Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
Julie Orringer,
Travel + Leisure,
9 June 2026
But Cepeda and Petro on Sunday night sowed doubt in the result and claimed — so far without evidence — that hundreds of thousands of votes were manipulated and that foreign actors interfered with the result.
—
Megan Janetsky,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
Cepeda, too, sowed doubt about the results, saying that votes were miscounted and that there were discrepancies.
—
Raquel Coronell Uribe,
NBC news,
1 June 2026
But the past few weeks have showcased the bigger fruits being sowed under Vidosic and the club’s backing of him.
—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
But thanks in part to the grievance groundwork DeSantis has sowed, the 31-year-old’s divisive message is starting to earn him national attention.
—
Scott Maxwell,
Sun Sentinel,
9 May 2026
So Vogt pulled all the showy purple spikes and sowed assorted prairie plants instead.
—
Teresa Woodard,
Midwest Living,
3 May 2026
Through it all, Chavez - who sowed the seed of so much pain - has remained alive on Death Row, courtesy of Florida taxpayers.
—
Amy Driscoll,
Miami Herald,
3 May 2026
Additionally, the community where measles is spreading has been the home of a sect of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a group that had a charismatic leader named Warren Jeffs who sowed distrust in vaccines.
—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sowed
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While chrome is stronger than the clear coat sprayed onto aluminum wheels, the natural grit of polish can still harm your finish.
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Five cranes were brought in for lighting and equipment, and the fire department sprayed down the street to give it a mystical glow.
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The vineyard everyone thought was crazy Perhaps the purest expression of Terras Gauda's faith in Caíño Blanco is La Mar, a single-vineyard wine sourced from a dramatic hillside site planted almost entirely to the variety.
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Winemaker Kristina Shideler utilized some of the estate’s oldest vines, planted in 1982, to craft this bottling.
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More than 20 dogs and puppies have been rescued after officers shut down a Statesville dog fighting kennel where men bred, trained, sold and tied up pit bull type dogs and posted about it on Facebook.
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These stunning, resilient shrub roses are bred to thrive in heat and humidity, resisting related diseases.
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These, like many of the Guerlains, are small bottles, sprinkled throughout his collection among the factices.
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Each side gets sprinkled with salt and sugar to enhance the flavor.
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Even in a warm climate, peppers are not direct seeded but started in pots, which provides much better control over the germination process.
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Indeed, Western multinationals happily seeded entire industries in China.
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Like its gay bars, Charlotte’s LGBTQ community is dotted throughout the Queen City.
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In the winter, 4,200 acres of terrain across four mountain faces are dotted with people who travel to the region for its world-class skiing.
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“Sowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sowed. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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