plough
Example Sentences
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"Landowners were told that no-one would be allowed to use or plough their land."
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
But as chipmakers plough resources into lucrative HBM, shortages of the less flashy memory chips in everyday consumer electronics are pushing up prices, with Apple hiking the cost of its MacBooks and iPads.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
Gas and dust are piling up there much like snow gathering in front of a plough.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026
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
‘The strongest must seek a way, say you? But I say: let a ploughman plough, but choose an otter for swimming, and for running light over grass and leaf, or over snow — an Elf.’
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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