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plow

[plou] / plaʊ /


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Insurance costs have gone up significantly as severe storms, hail and occasional tornadoes plow through the area, Helbig noted.

From MarketWatch Aug. 22, 2026

It turned out farmers had also been dosing their cattle to enable them to plow through the heat of the midday sun.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

As excitement built, the Journal ran stories about investors planning to plow their kids’ college funds into it.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

What one strategist argues, therefore, is that investors should plow capital into the energy stocks providing the raw materials that technology stocks desperately require to grow.

From MarketWatch May 15, 2026

Rusty earth sluiced round the blades of the plow.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

When it snows, for example, the city plows the streets, but property owners sometimes must clear the sidewalks.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

In Providence, a city spokesman told The Providence Journal that more than 300 vehicles had been towed for parking in the way of plows.

From BBC Feb. 23, 2026

Roads slowed to a crawl as plows struggled to keep up, and officials urged drivers to stay home if possible.

From Salon Dec. 27, 2025

Caltrans plows were plowing Interstate 15, the CHP said.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 27, 2025

The traffic is slow on Main Street, not because Chokecherry is big enough to have a rush hour, but because the cars have to snake around the parked trucks and plows.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

The chances of finding earthquake survivors in Colombia dropped significantly on Friday, four days after the 7.4-magnitude tremor struck, though rescue efforts plowed ahead as hundreds remained missing.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

She plowed through Oprah’s recommendations as she split-stretched in the wings of the theater.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Still, the next day, June 23, CBS News’ website plowed the same dead-end road with this headline: “Vance Says Iran to Let International Nuclear Inspections Resume After ‘Good Day’ of Talks.”

From Slate Jun. 24, 2026

According to brokerage statements viewed by MarketWatch, smellyfingernail liquidated his Roth IRA holdings last Tuesday and plowed the money into 1,478 shares of SpaceX at $211 apiece.

From MarketWatch Jun. 23, 2026

His nose plowed up a furrow of soil.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Apple’s own capital budget is relatively small compared with those of rival tech giants plowing money into AI and chip makers building new plants.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

And then there’s the annual plowing of millions in DWP surplus dollars into the City Hall piggy bank, which convinces ratepayers they’re being fleeced.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

Investors piled into shares of companies benefiting from the massive spending of the so-called hyperscalers — the tech giants plowing hundreds of billions of dollars into building artificial-intelligence data centers across the U.S.

From MarketWatch Jul. 5, 2026

The company has steadily increased its dividends every year while plowing cash into share buybacks.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

I didn’t know what to say, so I kept plowing forward.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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