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Recent Examples of hoe
As a package, the Shelby Charger has hoed a long row from its 1982 fall debut as a crude but effective boy racer.
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Jean Lindamood, Car and Driver, 28 Mar. 2023
In any case, right now, pull or hoe the stuff up.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2021
Opener Gordie Brown had a tough row to hoe, with an audience eager for the main event.
—Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2023
And don’t tell In De Goot that hard rock/metal bands have an especially hard row to hoe.
—Katherine Turman, Variety, 12 Apr. 2022
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Jean Lindamood, Car and Driver, 28 Mar. 2023
In any case, right now, pull or hoe the stuff up.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2021
Opener Gordie Brown had a tough row to hoe, with an audience eager for the main event.
—Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2023
And don’t tell In De Goot that hard rock/metal bands have an especially hard row to hoe.
—Katherine Turman, Variety, 12 Apr. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoe
Verb
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When the rye declines, rake it out and loosen the soil to sow the permanent bahiagrass seed.—
Tom MacCubbin,
Orlando Sentinel,
11 Jan. 2025
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After the area mostly dries, rake away all dead material and loosen the soil.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
8 Jan. 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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Plus, Shin Ha-young is given little to do in the second half of the series despite her effortless shift from warm third wheel to harrowed and weary abuse victim.—
Geoffrey Bunting,
Rolling Stone,
26 Oct. 2023
Verb
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An extreme solution, which has worked, is to kill your lawn, rototill it, and move all the soil around.—
oregonlive,
oregonlive,
13 May 2023
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Mix into the top few inches using a hand trowel; do not rototill.—
Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 May 2023
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After week two, per theater averages only listed for expanding films with under 100 theaters.—
Tom Brueggemann,
IndieWire,
26 Jan. 2025
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Two out of every three programs listed in response to DeSantis’ directive was an undergraduate class or other campus program that had no obvious connection to a DEI office, according to a Herald analysis of the information provided to the state by public universities.—
Sarah Blaskey,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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“Hoe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoe. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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