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Recent Examples of hoe
Such haphazardly and closely planted crops could not be hoed, so other plants and grasses grew with the grain on the ridges.
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Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
Weeds are easy to hand-pull or hoe out when they're freshly sprouted, and their leaves and roots are still young and tender.
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Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Feb. 2026
That’s a tough row to hoe in this new era of data center bidding wars.
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Phoebe Liu,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
Then a tall, solemn Mexican appeared, hoe in hand.
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Jack O'Connor,
Outdoor Life,
23 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
Weeds are easy to hand-pull or hoe out when they're freshly sprouted, and their leaves and roots are still young and tender.
—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Feb. 2026
That’s a tough row to hoe in this new era of data center bidding wars.
—
Phoebe Liu,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
Then a tall, solemn Mexican appeared, hoe in hand.
—
Jack O'Connor,
Outdoor Life,
23 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hoe
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoe
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But the authors rake the details into a towering pile and, in the context of contingency planning, set them on fire.
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Yesterday’s man James Rodrgieuz showed there is still some light in the evening by adopting a hybrid role; dropping into the right-back slot while in possession to rake crossfield balls towards Diaz and left-back Johan Mojica.
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Before the big race, the track was harrowed, bringing it to a better and drier racing surface.
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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.
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An extreme solution, which has worked, is to kill your lawn, rototill it, and move all the soil around.
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Mix into the top few inches using a hand trowel; do not rototill.
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In polling those are not the issues that Americans list as most important to them.
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In April, authorities say investigators with the California’s Contractors State License Board’s Statewide Investigative Fraud Team discovered online advertisements offering construction services that did not list a contractor license number.
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“Hoe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoe. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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