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Recent Examples of hoe
Johnnie was the gardener who planted, hoed, and harvested.
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Ronni Lundy, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2023
As a package, the Shelby Charger has hoed a long row from its 1982 fall debut as a crude but effective boy racer.
—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
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Ronni Lundy, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2023
As a package, the Shelby Charger has hoed a long row from its 1982 fall debut as a crude but effective boy racer.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoe
Verb
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Grab your heavy-duty broom or rake and sweep debris manually wherever tidying up is needed.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
29 Mar. 2025
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Ready for weeding, raking, or the occasional non-gardening task, put these gloves to the test.—
Nora Taylor,
Architectural Digest,
24 Mar. 2025
Verb
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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
Verb
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Looking at the credits, there’s a lot of studios listed on here, even on some individual tracks, so most of these songs look like they were worked on over a period of time, sometimes with different people and places.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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For context, some of the league’s smaller market teams, such as the Memphis Grizzlies, New Orleans Pelicans, and Oklahoma City Thunder, are based in cities with populations far larger than any of the counties listed above.—
Giovanni Malloy,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Hoe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoe. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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