cutting grass
Britishnoun
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She attended Princeton University, spending school breaks and weekends cleaning houses and cutting grass to pay for her tuition, according to testimony by then-US Senator Dianne Feinstein at her confirmation hearings.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
The battery-powered robots run up to 23 hours daily, cutting grass continuously in programmed patterns and returning to individual charging docks when needed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
We get to witness these men fashionably in their work element: cutting grass at golden hour, scaling a palm tree like a mythical being that defies gravity.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2023
In corncrake habitats, farmers are asked to reverse their normal mowing practice, and to start cutting grass in the middle of their fields, and work their way out to the edge.
From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2022
Now the children were set to cutting grass and digging flower beds.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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