plough through
Example Sentences
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With more than 1,200 pages to plough through, it's often regarded as the Everest of literature with prose as insurmountable as the famed peak.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025
"It confirms Hermes's superior ability to plough through adverse demand trends, leveraging its high brand desirability and waiting lists for iconic products," he said.
From Reuters ● Apr. 14, 2023
"But she will always put her head down and plough through them. The Queen has always lived by the doctrine, 'This too shall pass.' "
From Fox News ● Mar. 17, 2022
His project, which aims to develop cereals that use nitrogen from the soil more efficiently, will plough through tests of hundreds of transgenes using the old, cumbersome methods.
From Nature ● Nov. 1, 2016
The roads were in too wretched a condition for the "Bald Eagle's" one rickety carriage to attempt to plough through.
From Hubert's Wife A Story for You by Minnie Mary Lee
