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Recent Examples of till
Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
Speakers also included a neighboring farmer whose family has tilled the soil for generations and others who want to raise their families far from Charlotte’s tree-bulldozing growth.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2025
Do this during the fall so that by spring, your garden bed will be ready to plant without needing to be tilled.
—Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 May 2025
Pine bark fines can also be tilled into a site before planting to help lower the soil acidity
Tom MacCubbin is an urban horticulturist emeritus with the University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2025
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Mother Ezumi then called out the names of four other Sisters who would remain on the campus with the junior novices as a faculty skeleton crew, with the former attending to school administration and the latter engaged in their customary truck patch tilling.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
Speakers also included a neighboring farmer whose family has tilled the soil for generations and others who want to raise their families far from Charlotte’s tree-bulldozing growth.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2025
Do this during the fall so that by spring, your garden bed will be ready to plant without needing to be tilled.
—Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 May 2025
Pine bark fines can also be tilled into a site before planting to help lower the soil acidity
Tom MacCubbin is an urban horticulturist emeritus with the University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for till
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In fact, cultivating students’ self-belief is often the biggest hurdle school leaders face, Branham said.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Sep. 2025
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Through the inevitable challenges of constant change, the bonds an entrepreneur cultivates in the present can prompt their greatest accomplishments in the near future.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Each agave plant takes at least seven years to mature and is farmed without pesticides or chemicals before being roasted, fermented, and distilled in copper stills.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Johnson, who began growing collard greens at 3, now farms on about an acre of land that has been passed down in the family.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
People.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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Here's exactly how to harvest the seeds for a successful tomato season the next year.—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
8 Sep. 2025
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Many of the procurement decisions were made too late, well after a crop was already harvested.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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In cooler regions, plants are commonly planted in spring for an early season color and cut back in summer when plants decline due to heat.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
8 Sep. 2025
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Hundreds of security forces searched for additional attackers or explosives that could have been planted around the area.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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In the modern game, from Tests to T20s and The Hundred, each side will now tend to include more than one gun fielder.—
James Wallace,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Rainwater tends to stockpile on the edges of roads.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Till.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/till. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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