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as in to labor
to devote serious and sustained effort
plowed determinedly through the weighty tome
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Recent Examples of plow
The storms will slam across more than a dozen states and trigger highway plowing operations and airport deicing activity across about 200,000 square miles, AccuWeather said.
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John Bacon, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
Nothing but true love would get a girl to plow through that.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2025
The cache area was a real battleground, with trees, brush, small vegetation, earth, and snow all plowed up.
—Tom Stacer, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
This would allow Venture to sell uncontracted volumes and plow the proceeds into future expansions, according to JPMorgan.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
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John Bacon, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
Nothing but true love would get a girl to plow through that.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2025
The cache area was a real battleground, with trees, brush, small vegetation, earth, and snow all plowed up.
—Tom Stacer, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
This would allow Venture to sell uncontracted volumes and plow the proceeds into future expansions, according to JPMorgan.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plow
Verb
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Work these into the upper 4-6 inches of soil, then rake the surface to create a smooth planting bed.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
3 Mar. 2025
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Gardening Various full-body movements are involved in gardening, like pulling weeds, bending over or squatting, raking, shoveling, and repetitive use of heavy tools.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Verywell Health,
26 Feb. 2025
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Ultimately, this post-neoliberal ideology and its adherents did not take tradeoffs seriously enough, laboring under an illusion that previous policymakers were too beholden to economic orthodoxy to make real progress for people.—
Jason Furman,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Feb. 2025
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Employees who labored long hours on a dairy farm were disappointed on payday when their checks showed no overtime pay and was missing compensation for regular hours worked, Minnesota police said.—
Kate Linderman,
Kansas City Star,
5 Feb. 2025
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Just like any other leadership competency, imagination can be cultivated and strengthened through intentional practice.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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But beyond O’Brien meeting with prominent GOP members and even cultivating a relationship with the president, his different approach is yielding results.—
Jeremiah Poff,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Mar. 2025
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The Huskies got out to a lethargic start and struggled for more than four minutes to get a shot to fall.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
28 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, Courtney Eaton is still struggling to accept Lottie’s fate while playing the character’s teen counterpart in the ’90s wilderness.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
28 Feb. 2025
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Now, like other players on this list, some will five goals and 10 points through those 23 games and furrow a brow.—
Joshua Kloke,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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In his podcast studio, Joe Rogan sat for three hours, cigar smoldering and brow furrowed, as his guest held forth about the dark history of America’s influence abroad.—
Charles Homans,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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As of late, Goodman, an Oscar winner, has been working mostly in the TV space.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
8 Mar. 2025
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Both work very well to ensure that the dirt, dust, and grime are actually coming out of the tiny grooves on your record.—
Parker Hall,
WIRED,
8 Mar. 2025
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If errors are made, they will be flagged and corrected as needed, while striving to do what's best for the American people.—
Gabrielle Emanuel,
NPR,
27 Feb. 2025
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Rogers cared deeply about the children his show touched, striving to spread kindness and make the world a better place.—
Makena Gera,
People.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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For example, in December Norfolk Land Trust and Northeast Wilderness Trust finalized a conservation easement on more than 600 acres of forest that a group of Norfolk families has endeavored to protect since the 1980s.—
Shelley Harms,
Hartford Courant,
28 Feb. 2025
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King Charles and Goldberg learned more about the work of the organizations that gathered at the palace, and their respective initiatives endeavoring to ensure that the memory of the Holocaust lives on.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Plow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plow. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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