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Recent Examples of till
Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
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
Farmlands to wetlands George Tibbitts mostly farms rice, but his son Carson was tilling a safflower field on one mid-August morning.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
The fragrance of dry grass mingled in the air with the dust kicked up by a tractor tilling in the distance.
—Elena Valeriote, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Verb
The rest was tilled into the ground.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
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
Farmlands to wetlands George Tibbitts mostly farms rice, but his son Carson was tilling a safflower field on one mid-August morning.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
The fragrance of dry grass mingled in the air with the dust kicked up by a tractor tilling in the distance.
—Elena Valeriote, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for till
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So as the secure and stable image Dubai spent so long cultivating crumbles, is a mass exodus imminent?—
Tamara Hardingham-Gill,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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Perhaps the intent is to cultivate suspense, yet the effect is a frustrating vagueness around the base conditions for the show’s central infatuation.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2026
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Currently, the parcels are farmed under leases that will transfer to the forest preserves.—
Yadira Sanchez Olson,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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The family started farming peaches in the 1970s, after Johl’s father, Gurbax Johl, immigrated from the Punjab region of India and saved enough to buy land.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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And the team at The Dean has the wits to harvest that Irish rain for its own use.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Mar. 2026
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Depending on the data breach, that could include an email address, phone number, date of birth or other identifying details commonly harvested during large-scale hacks.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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Early fall or early spring are ideal times to plant Indian Hawthorn, providing ample time for plants to establish roots before the onset of summer.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
27 Feb. 2026
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The Boyle Heights project would enhance bike lanes and pedestrian-level lighting, as well as extend street curbs and plant more than 300 shade trees.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2026
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There’s a popular Austin t-shirt that tends to make appearances during the city’s South by Southwest festival in March.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 Mar. 2026
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And approaching actual size is almost like winning the first combine battle, since so many college programs tend to fudge official numbers.—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Till.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/till. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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