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Recent Examples of rototill
An extreme solution, which has worked, is to kill your lawn, rototill it, and move all the soil around.
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oregonlive, 13 May 2023
Mix into the top few inches using a hand trowel; do not rototill.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2023
In May, tell readers to rototill their gardens.
—New York Times, 28 July 2021
Run them through the mower to shred them, then spread up to 1 inch of the shredded leaves over the garden and rototill them into the soil to a depth of 5 or 6 inches.
—Neil Sperry Down To Earth, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Nov. 2021
Make a small row, drill holes, but do not rototill.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2022
Gardeners don’t rototill except when building a garden.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2022
Instead of rototilling, make seed-size holes with a pencil or drag a stick down a bed to make inch-wide furrows for planting in rows.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 7 May 2020
More destroy soil structure in the name of gardening by rototilling, irrevocably alter natural habitats by planting invasive plants and greatly change local and even regional biomes in the process.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Oct. 2019
oregonlive, 13 May 2023
Mix into the top few inches using a hand trowel; do not rototill.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2023
In May, tell readers to rototill their gardens.
—New York Times, 28 July 2021
Run them through the mower to shred them, then spread up to 1 inch of the shredded leaves over the garden and rototill them into the soil to a depth of 5 or 6 inches.
—Neil Sperry Down To Earth, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Nov. 2021
Make a small row, drill holes, but do not rototill.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2022
Gardeners don’t rototill except when building a garden.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2022
Instead of rototilling, make seed-size holes with a pencil or drag a stick down a bed to make inch-wide furrows for planting in rows.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 7 May 2020
More destroy soil structure in the name of gardening by rototilling, irrevocably alter natural habitats by planting invasive plants and greatly change local and even regional biomes in the process.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rototill
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Although most of its worst winds were to the east, Dorian raked the Outer Banks with wind gusts of over 100 mph, before returning to the Atlantic Ocean, the hurricane center reported.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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Hendry went for the Standing Ovation before Williams raked his eyes.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
26 May 2025
Verb
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Wayward rhizomes that pop up as new plants can be hoed or chopped.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Mar. 2025
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The directors branch is notoriously snobby, which will be a tough row to hoe for Wicked’s Jon M. Chu, who got his start directing films in the Step Up and G.I. Joe franchises.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
23 Nov. 2024
Verb
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Before the big race, the track was harrowed, bringing it to a better and drier racing surface.—
John Cherwa,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2025
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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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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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In the 1999-00 season, 10 players listed at 5-foot-11 or shorter played significant time, collectively accounting for 3% of all NBA minutes, despite the inflated height measurements back then.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
6 June 2025
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“Rototill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rototill. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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