harrow

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Recent Examples of harrow The research fellow who met me, Birte, was in her forties, and appeared as if she had been harrowed by her work. John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024 Plus, Shin Ha-young is given little to do in the second half of the series despite her effortless shift from warm third wheel to harrowed and weary abuse victim. Geoffrey Bunting, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2023 Track maintenance will then harrow the track to release the compactness and return it to its regular consistency for racing. Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2021 That same humble deity, in the course of putting on humanity, had obtained a glimpse of the conditions on earth—poverty, needless estrangement, a stubborn pattern of rich ruling over poor—and decided to incite a revolution that would harrow Hell. Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harrow
Verb
  • Relying heavily on retrospective interviews and self-reporting, these approaches, still widely used in marketing and management, are plagued by recall bias and rationalization.
    Benjamin Voyer, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The industry is further plagued by the high incidence of idol suicides and grueling work conditions required for success.
    Chad de Guzman, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • In ways both provocative and beautiful, Faustine’s photography explored conditions afflicting Black women across time.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The 73-year-old woman’s husband, who is afflicted with dementia and uses a wheelchair, was not able to help, and Echelbarger succumbed to her injuries.
    Laura Barcella, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • At least two of them fled Venezuela in part because Tren de Aragua was persecuting them, according to the lawsuit.
    Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Yoon’s conservative supporters have latched on to his arguments as well as his unsubstantiated claims of election fraud, strongly echoing the dynamic between President Donald Trump and supporters who say he has been wrongly persecuted by a corrupt judicial system.
    Beomsu Jo, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Maybe the two of them are held prisoner down there for a while, being tortured by Milchick (or whomever is brought in to replace him after two separate catastrophes have happened under his watch).
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Reyes Barrios, who marched in protests against the Maduro regime in February and March 2024, had been tortured by government officials.
    Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Detective Lee Yeon-hui (played by Shin Hyun-been of Hospital Playlist and Reborn Rich) is assigned to the case and also chases after the suspect, all the while being tormented by visions of her dead sister.
    Regina Kim, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The story follows the three Maxwell siblings who grew up as the only Black family in a gated Dallas neighborhood, also tormented by strange and unexplainable demonic happenings in their house.
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025

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“Harrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harrow. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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