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mow

[moh] / moʊ /
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By then, Kent had already earned the trust of neighbors who hired him to mow their lawns or babysit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

Residents who live in the vicinity of Church Pulverbatch Parish Council in Shropshire have spent the past year sowing wildflower meadows and encouraging no mow areas.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 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

It used to have a proper lawn that mom would mow every week, with a sandbox at the back and a small vegetable garden along the side where she grew tomatoes and strawberries.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

When the man who mowed Leon Sandler’s lawn touted internet stocks in 1999, he sold his own, avoiding the plunge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 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

“It’s just like when I mowed lawns — let’s seize the day and make it your routine,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025

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

Seabiscuit mowed his stablemate down with incredible speed, running the first eighth in 11 seconds, a quarter in 23, and three eighths in 36.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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

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

Five weeks earlier my grandmother had given me her old riding lawn mower and I’d started mowing lawns.

From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen

"In the past it was just a field that was mown, whereas now we've got this beautiful landscape with all the seeded grasses," Brooks said.

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

Once he reached the seclusion of the freshly mown lawn, Ron rounded on Harry.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling


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