furrow
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The evidence points to more intensive farming methods, such as ridge and furrow ploughing to limit erosion and more focused gardening practices.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 27, 2026
"So I tried to take a pretty free hand with it and kind of plow my own furrow."
From Barron's ● Mar. 1, 2026
Harris is exceptionally good at the furrow, the side-eye, the chin stroke, and the silent, syrup-scented “Bless his heart.”
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2024
“You never want a young audience to go see a movie and furrow their brow thinking, ‘Who is this person?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2024
“There is nothing in the house until nightfall,” she said briefly, and without speech she took the furrow to the left of him and fell into steady hoeing.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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Bites often leave punctures or furrows in bone, but disease, insects, weathering, and erosion can create similar features.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
"If the baiter hasn't followed quickly enough behind the seeder, the mice are coming along at night and eating the seed out of the furrows," she says.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
“Hamlin,” read a sign, and for miles in both directions were furrows and beds with only dirt or scrub brush or dead trees.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
The shallow furrows fail to stir emotion and are about as exciting as the irrigation channels they bring to mind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
His brow furrows for a moment, then his eyes widen.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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Julian Hoffman’s remarkable new memoir begins with birds: “The sky was a harbor all of a sudden. Wherever you looked, wings furrowed wakes in the air.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
"The people in charge up there need to take action," the 59-year-old continued, his brow deeply furrowed.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
“Trying to work out why it should be released was actually quite an obstacle,” he says with a furrowed brow, but still bearing a smile.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2025
Back in 2015, when I lived there, even a mention of a tuna melt drew a furrowed brow.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2025
With furrowed brow, Welles explained that since the broadcast, he hadn’t read the newspapers or slept much.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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Now, some clients 30 and older are seeking out dermatologists and aestheticians with nursing degrees who can help them maintain a slight patina of wrinkles—at least enough for furrowing and raising the brows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
There's no slight furrowing of the brow or regret in her voice, nothing that could be read as disappointment.
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2024
Mr Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron, a key player in attempts to broker peace in Ukraine, stayed close to each other, with Mr Macron furrowing his brow in one particular intense chat.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2022
A question is asked by furrowing your eyebrows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2022
“Let me just...I’ll be right back,” she says, furrowing her brow—and then, a moment later, she disappears around a corner.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
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