hoe
Example Sentences
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We heaved and we hoed and we got nowhere.
From Literature
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"We used big chisels on the end of broom handles. A bit like gardening hoes. You use those to stab at it and shave stuff way," explained Roche.
From BBC
I kept the weeds hoed out of Mama’s garden.
From Literature
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I was next to Togbe on the bench, sharpening the blade of a hoe while he worked on the loose handle of a cutlass.
From Literature
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“I wouldn’t recommend that path — trying to become a world-class conductor in your late 30s is a really painful row to hoe,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times
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