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mow

[moh] / moʊ /
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Local farmer Jacko Thomas rents the field the bus crashed into, and said he counted himself "lucky" as he was due to mow there that day.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2026

"I just felt bad having to mow in certain areas," Morse said.

From Science Daily May 28, 2026

In exchange, "they don't have to mow as often", to ensure the panels function properly, but also, and more importantly, to comply with bushfire prevention regulations.

From Barron's Feb. 22, 2026

So for now, the robots being rolled out in cities are friendly and low-profile—they mow lawns, clean beaches and guide people through buildings, among other things.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 30, 2025

Mama’s coupon said “One morning volunteering at soup kitchen,” and Papa’s coupon said “Help Papa mow the lawn one time.”

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

The scent of freshly mowed grass and the sight of rolling fairways will always set a golfer’s heart aflutter.

From The Wall Street Journal May 11, 2026

Volunteers who spent hours planting 30,000 bulbs in a Bristol park say they were left in "disbelief" after council workers mowed over them just days later.

From BBC Mar. 13, 2026

Adjessom was a student at Davidson High School, and loved ones describe him as a good-natured and generous teen who mowed his neighbors’ lawns on the weekends.

From Slate Oct. 23, 2025

He mowed through the Dodgers’ league-leading offense with triple-digit fastballs and upper-90s mph sliders, which Dodgers catcher Will Smith called the nastiest current pitch in the sport.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2025

It was only from the back of his spiky head that I recognized him as the flying T board rider who’d nearly mowed us down yesterday.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia

Unlike renting, homeownership can come with new responsibilities like mowing the lawn — and new expenses like homeowners association fees.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

In case you’ve forgotten, mowing the lawn was central to Boehner’s everyman image when he was in office.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

For the tourists' benefit, Vlkolinec puts on traditional craft demonstrations, from sewing folk costumes and gingerbread decorating to mowing and haymaking.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

"I counsel people to wear hearing protection when they're mowing grass instead of listening to music through earbuds," Price said.

From Science Daily Jun. 10, 2026

Here the silhouette in paint of a man mowing a lawn.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

Thousands of wild grasses and flowers were planted along the edges of the village green, contrasting with the carefully mown grass in the middle.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

Some greens have deep rough on one side and closely mown areas on the other that send balls rolling some 20 yards away.

From Washington Times May 17, 2023

Opportunities for subtlety, though few and far between, are mown down with theatrical oomph.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2022

Over the years, he recorded the date of flowering from the mown field as well as a similar grass field that was not mown.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

Grassy, it stretched away, smooth as the mown gallops on Watership Down.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams




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