plough

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Turnaround efforts at Diageo have included a cut to the group’s dividend as Lewis looks to plough cash into investing behind brands, and into possible acquisitions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Will that new leader be able to plough a distinctly Welsh path?

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

Foxconn has seen profits soar as it shifts focus from low-margin iPhone assembly to artificial intelligence servers that are now in huge demand as firms plough hundreds of billions of dollars into the technology.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

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