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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

"I want to plough my own furrow and point out that it is more important in politics to define yourself by what you are for rather than what you are against."

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2024

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

To believe in his theory you had to accept that massive continents somehow pushed through solid crust, like a plow through soil, without leaving any furrow in their wake.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

The underwater drone, tethered to the ship with cables and about the size of a small car, was just above the ocean floor as the researchers and pilots searched for furrows potentially left by whales.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

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

Moving at a pace not much faster than a mule, it plowed furrows along a strip of land a half a mile long.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

And after it ends, his shirt is almost soaked through, his brow furrowed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

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

While Argentina were elated at their first-half efforts, there were many furrowed Lions brows after a frustrating opening 40 minutes.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2025

When she didn’t laugh back, he furrowed his brow.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

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

The portrait’s power was unquestionable: In shades of rose, beige and taupe, it captured a young Joan Didion, angst furrowing her brow.

From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2022

The parachute took the figure forward, furrowing the lagoon, and bumped it over the reef and out to sea.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding