plowed

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Plowed and fenced and ran domestic livestock over what had been flourishing camas meadows, medicinal herbs and berries, carefully managed by Native people for harvest.

From Seattle Times • May 29, 2022

Plowed ground on the plains blew away during those years; later, the government encouraged agriculture that returned the land to grass.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 29, 2018

Plowed snow is another “don’t”—it often contains sand and picked up from the road.

From Time • Jan. 12, 2017

After watching FTP Plowed Under, a travesty on the Federal Theatre, F. D. R. remarked: "I wish the Senate and House could see this one."

From Time Magazine Archive

Plowed down the stubble with same application, and when we saw the crop, should have been willing to insure it at twenty-five bushels.

From Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers by Robinson, Solon