PLOWED Synonyms: 100 Similar and Opposite Words

plowed

verb

past tense of plow

as in cultivated

to cut into and turn over the sod of (a piece of land) using a bladed implement we'll have to get out there and plow and plant both fields before it rains

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to devote serious and sustained effort plowed determinedly through the weighty tome

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Recent Examples of plowed Rams defensive tackle Kobie Turner repeatedly plowed past him, which stalled the Eagles' run game. — ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026 Three plays later, Andrew Miller plowed in for his third score of the night to put Harding up 28-21, but the Tigers didn't quit. — Erick Taylor, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026 Not to be plowed, be left, fly through the sky, hit a car and die on the street like that. — Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026 These farmers plowed over prairie dog habitat and viewed the rodents as competition with cattle for forage. — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026 Srour said Gonzaba plowed through the boardwalk and hit his bike, according to the TV station. — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026 Officials told Indian media outlets that whatever fell off the glacier may have dropped into a glacial lake and blocked a river, resulting in the massive wave of ice, water and debris that plowed through settlements nearby. — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026 The chase ended when the car plowed through a fence on Sumter Avenue. — Renee Anderson, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 Like a klutz on an obstacle course, a Tesla Robotaxi with no safety driver seemingly panicked after taking a wrong turn and plowed through a row of bollards, those springy traffic barriers that you are not supposed to run down. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 19 Aug. 2026

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Vance speaks with the manipulative skill of a politician who has cultivated a rapid-fire style designed not to persuade, but to overwhelm.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
Porsche has cultivated an identity that extends well beyond the vehicles sitting in its dealerships.

— Chris Hardesty, AJC.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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Democratic politicians, bureaucrats and labor leaders, once rabble-rousers like Bass who nowadays seem to exist mostly to keep their sinecure, have labored mightily to convince unbelieving voters that Bass deserves another shot.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
The circumstances of Saint Michael’s help while the pilgrim labored and delivered in the ocean were markedly different from those in the miracle ascribed to the Virgin.

— Ellen O’Connell Whittet, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of labored

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That pushes marketers toward ideas that have worked before, which is why, Smith says, so many ads look alike.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
To crack the uncrackable, Rittmann’s team worked alongside collaborators from Rice University, Tongji University, the National University of Singapore, and Nanjing University.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of worked

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Though eventually abandoned due to cost, this system of surveillance endeavored to equate producers with virtue.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
Whatever people think of the film, it was endeavored to be made with purely with the process at its heart.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2026

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