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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 city added more secondary streets to the list of roads that will be plowed.
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Nate Rau, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
The men and women plowing the streets wouldn’t be working double shifts without sleep.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
Chevron, which recently moved its headquarters from near San Francisco to Houston, continues to plow money into oil production, shrugging off concerns that demand will weaken as consumers shift to electric vehicles and cleaner energy.
—Stanley Reed, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
And even if all of it were legal and possible, automakers are likely to plow forward with EV efforts anyway.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
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Nate Rau, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
The men and women plowing the streets wouldn’t be working double shifts without sleep.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
Chevron, which recently moved its headquarters from near San Francisco to Houston, continues to plow money into oil production, shrugging off concerns that demand will weaken as consumers shift to electric vehicles and cleaner energy.
—Stanley Reed, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
And even if all of it were legal and possible, automakers are likely to plow forward with EV efforts anyway.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plow
Verb
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The Lilac fire spread from the edge of nearby I-15 in a southwesterly direction and raked across the rear of a tan-colored home on the eastern side of Ranchos Ladera Road, burning up to the property’s patio.—
Paul Sisson,
The Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Dash Day had himself quite a time, raking the trap, drawing in the sand and playing with a golf ball while his dad posed for pictures with a trophy and a surfboard — and a check for $1.13 million.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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This was only after the Biden Justice Department labored mightily to make the criminal investigations of the younger Biden disappear.—
The Editors,
National Review,
21 Jan. 2025
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As Speaker Mike Johnson labors to lock down enough support to be re-elected to his post, every vote is critical.—
Maya C. Miller,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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While the grape was first approved for production as a single varietal wine in 2021, it has been cultivated in the Duero Valley since the Middle Ages and has been used in small amounts alongside Tempranillo as a blending grape, much the way Viognier is added to Syrah in the northern Rhône.—
Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
11 Feb. 2025
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Podcasts, streaming programs and newsletters have fast become the tools of independent creators, who lack an old-school distribution system, but can easily cultivate fans and a community one subscriber at a time.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
10 Feb. 2025
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The bench has struggled at times which could be detrimental come playoff but.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
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Karl-Anthony Towns struggled through the first three quarters but came alive late, finishing with 22 points and nine rebounds, including 11 in the fourth.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Trump's mug shot is a blurry image of him staring into the camera, head tilted down and brows furrowed.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
16 Jan. 2025
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Brody’s characters teem with contradictions and inner hinterlands; patience gives way to explosive anger, smiles curve inward; his brow furrows articulately as any monologue.—
Wendell Steavenson,
Vogue,
5 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Well yeah, ending diversity programs probably means less diversity Meta's push to diversify its workforce actually seems to have worked, as its own statistics show.—
Nathan Bomey,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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Reed’s ability to work with younger players also has come in handy this season.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
Verb
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What are your thoughts on whether the U.S. should strive to keep pace with or surpass China's advancements in high-speed rail technology?—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
2 Feb. 2025
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The town of Cicero continually strives to ensure the well-being of all residents.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Feb. 2025
Verb
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And those who endeavor to broaden that spectrum are usually the most engaging.—
Julian Randall,
Essence,
25 Jan. 2025
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Iran is endeavoring to keep up with a global move toward robotics in the military.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Plow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plow. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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