plough

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The world’s largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev, said this week it would plough $600 million into its operations in the U.S., where it makes Budweiser and other labels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

But the company pledged in its latest results to plough even more money into AI - something big tech bosses say they will spend eye-watering sums on this year.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 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

It soon rendered fields impossible to plough, as lines of the goblet-shaped bushes, many of them three feet across, formed impenetrable natural fences in the paths of tractors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

And he said, “How can we eat the ox? How shall we plough again?”

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck