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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
Farmers plowed up lead and iron shrapnel and even whole hand grenades by the pallet every harvest season.
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Michael Jerome Plunkett
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Once the target audience for novelists, boys and young men are much more likely to spend time gaming than plowing through 400 pages of anything.
—Doug McIntyre, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025
Johnson and his administration have spent much time and energy — mostly in vain — demanding more money from Pritzker and lawmakers in Springfield, in no small part due to the pressure on city services from having to plow more money into pension funds.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
Driven by fears of what would happen if AGI (artificial general intelligence) were to be developed in the wrong hands, Musk has plowed billions of dollars into developing the technology.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 13 Aug. 2025
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Michael Jerome Plunkett
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Once the target audience for novelists, boys and young men are much more likely to spend time gaming than plowing through 400 pages of anything.
—Doug McIntyre, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025
Johnson and his administration have spent much time and energy — mostly in vain — demanding more money from Pritzker and lawmakers in Springfield, in no small part due to the pressure on city services from having to plow more money into pension funds.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
Driven by fears of what would happen if AGI (artificial general intelligence) were to be developed in the wrong hands, Musk has plowed billions of dollars into developing the technology.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 13 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for plow
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plow
Verb
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Using ironing cloths and a few leaves leftover from raking your yard, iron the leaves onto 8-by-8-inch squares of wax paper.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Sep. 2025
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Its intimate Clayes Theater has raked and very comfortable seating, so there’s great sightlines and not a bad seat in the house.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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At Villa Park, his frailty was epic, defiant, even as his bandmates labored drastically to summon the power of 50 years earlier.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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While such a scenario sounds potentially maudlin and manipulative, Lucero — who wrote the film from a personal place — never allows that to happen by making the characters complex and flawed, and laboring under real-life issues.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Today, the best marketing leaders have to cultivate technical expertise and storytelling skills, as well as deep psychological awareness.—
Barbara Puszkiewicz-Cimino,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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And while stronger loyalty and business results will naturally follow, the true reward lies in cultivating those relationships.—
Geoff Robins,
Rolling Stone,
18 Sep. 2025
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Traditional data lakes can store raw data at scale but lack quality controls, while warehouses enforce structure but struggle with unstructured or fast changing data.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Almost half of those who abided by boundaries (45%) reported low burnout, compared to 6% of those who struggled to do so.—
Samantha Dewalt,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In the final scene, the camera zooms in slowly on Daisy, eyebrows furrowed with an intense glare in her eyes.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
29 Aug. 2025
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With his brow perennially furrowed and hair slicked with sweat, Riley has the exact look and bearing of a suavely addled wrong-man figure from British thrillers of yore — and thus makes a suitably bemused proxy for the viewers in this wasteland of mounting chaos and absurdity.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
19 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Alfred is arguably the second-best 200-meter runner among the three and will work hard to secure a gold medal at these championships.—
Katelyn Hutchison,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Long said six campus police officers were working the event, including some in plainclothes who were monitoring the crowd.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In a time when instant gratification and overnight success are what people strive for, Wayans is much more focused on the process.—
Essence,
Essence,
18 Sep. 2025
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Ushering his start in February, the Australian is striving to prolong a seven-month season.—
Cory Mull,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Padilla endeavored to make his mark early.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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Kalmia Rose is part of a larger, multi-year development endeavor that when complete will yield more than 1,500 affordable and market-rate housing units.—
Jeffrey Steele,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Plow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plow. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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