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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

He will be remembered for ploughing his own political furrow, regardless of the consequences for his career.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2024

He’d captured her so perfectly in just a few strokes—her oversize square glasses, her wild hair, the furrow in her brow.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

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 morning frost glistens, and—in a clever device—the low sun glimmers through a row of unseen, leafless trees behind the artist, casting crisscrossing, rhythmic shadows on the furrows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025

I have a good view, I can see the deepening furrows to either side of her nose, the engraved frown.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

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

He acknowledges that a new “Man on Fire” may be met with furrowed brows by fans of the film, admitting his own initial skepticism about taking on a vehicle so strongly identified with Washington.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

Back in 2015, when I lived there, even a mention of a tuna melt drew a furrowed brow.

From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2025

What I was chained to, and how heavily, became intelligible to me, as I heard his hoarse voice, and sat looking up at his furrowed bald head with its iron grey hair at the sides.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

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

She focuses, furrowing her brow to deliver yet another batch of priceless advice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025

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

He looks panicked too for a fraction of a second, and then he pulls himself together, his eyebrows furrowing as he goes into full-on damage-control mode.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott