plough

Example Sentences

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"I now think about my wellness more and don't plough everything I have into my family."

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

The EU needs to plough more money into its digital and green transitions as well as defence, faced with rising global instability.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

The EU last year also launched a raft of initiatives that it says could see its members plough an additional 800 billion euros into defence.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

A large snow plough would continue working to clear the Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh line where drifts were up to 1.2m deep in places, it said.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026

Wheat he gave him and rice and cabbage seed and he said, “Tomorrow I will come and plough your land with my good ox.”

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck