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mower

[moh-er] / ˈmoʊ ər /


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Sandler wasn’t as fortunate in 2008—he’d bought a lawn mower.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

It is like putting diesel in a lawn mower.

From MarketWatch Apr. 16, 2026

As someone who finds sideline interviews typically duller than lawn mower instructions, it feels strange to condemn a coach for the sin of being interesting on TV.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 5, 2026

About the size of a riding lawn mower, the machine chews through about eight barrels of batteries an hour, eight times faster than the drum roller method.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 2025

It made a change from weeding, and the barn swallows followed to catch the bugs the mower scared up, so you weren’t eaten alive.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Shares began sliding last week after the company, which sells a range of products from livestock feed to lawn mowers, posted weaker-than-expected earnings for the first quarter and held its full-year guidance steady.

From Barron's Apr. 30, 2026

The props turn slowly in unison—calibrating, calibrating—then spool furiously, a squadron of lawn mowers on deck.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 17, 2025

One suggested they race lawn mowers and reclaim the sport's values.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2025

Landscapes with native plants, on the other hand, will require less water use and less pollution from gas-powered lawn mowers and offer better support for our threatened birds and insect pollinators.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2024

What I had in mind was, I wanted to get hold of some electrical lawn mowers.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote




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