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Recent Examples of hoe
Johnnie was the gardener who planted, hoed, and harvested.
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Ronni Lundy, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2023
As a package, the Shelby Charger has hoed a long row from its 1982 fall debut as a crude but effective boy racer.
—Jean Lindamood, Car and Driver, 28 Mar. 2023
Opener Gordie Brown had a tough row to hoe, with an audience eager for the main event.
—Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2023
And don’t tell In De Goot that hard rock/metal bands have an especially hard row to hoe.
—Katherine Turman, Variety, 12 Apr. 2022
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Ronni Lundy, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2023
As a package, the Shelby Charger has hoed a long row from its 1982 fall debut as a crude but effective boy racer.
—Jean Lindamood, Car and Driver, 28 Mar. 2023
Opener Gordie Brown had a tough row to hoe, with an audience eager for the main event.
—Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2023
And don’t tell In De Goot that hard rock/metal bands have an especially hard row to hoe.
—Katherine Turman, Variety, 12 Apr. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoe
Verb
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Those waterfowl sure can rake … putting 13 runs on upstart Liberty to get back to the World Series stage.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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Last year the Village Board voted to require Oak Park homeowners residents to bag their leaves instead of just raking their leaves into the street as they had been accustomed to doing.—
Bob Skolnik,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
Verb
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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
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Plus, Shin Ha-young is given little to do in the second half of the series despite her effortless shift from warm third wheel to harrowed and weary abuse victim.—
Geoffrey Bunting,
Rolling Stone,
26 Oct. 2023
Verb
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An extreme solution, which has worked, is to kill your lawn, rototill it, and move all the soil around.—
oregonlive,
oregonlive,
13 May 2023
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Mix into the top few inches using a hand trowel; do not rototill.—
Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 May 2023
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Teel, 23, is ranked the No. 2 prospect in the Sox organization by MLB.com, which also lists him as the No. 26 prospect in baseball.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
7 June 2025
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While membership fees are not publicly listed for Trump's New Jersey club, the Wall Street Journal has estimated the initiation fee is over $100,000.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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“Hoe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoe. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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