mowing
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He starts preparing for winter, ponders his stamp collection, checks the schedule for the garbage disposal and considers mowing the lawn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Touch some grass: From the archives: Ben Mathis-Lilley examines the pleasures and benefits of getting out and mowing the lawn.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 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
Tam said she had not had a response from the operations team at the council, which oversees the mowing, but believes they were aware of the planting beforehand.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
Mr. Hatch, mowing the lawn some thirty yards away, nodded and raised a hand at us.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
The outfield grass is a cow’s or pro golfer’s dream– lush, smooth, preternaturally green, with crisscross stripes laid down by artisanal mowings.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 9, 2016
He collects fresh mowings, washes them tenderly, sets them out in the sun to dry, then nibbles them with fruit and cheese, or tosses them up with dressing in a variety of tasty salads.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sample: grass mowings with "broken Dad's Cookie Biscuits and currants"; with equal quantities of rose petals; with uncooked oats.
From Time Magazine Archive
I have eaten grass mowings regularly for over three years, and off many lawns.
From Time Magazine Archive
Straw, hay, and orchard mowings have been most commonly used.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946 by Northern Nut Growers Association
