plowed

Example Sentences

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First came the veteran British investor James Anderson, who fell in love with Edinburgh and has plowed millions into the club that he views as a philanthropic cultural concern.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

OK, so it’s good news that taxpayer funds won’t be plowed into a park that could well be lost to the neighborhood almost immediately, due to all the aforementioned problems.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

Grimacing, he plowed ahead, driven by the pain.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

Speaking of which, Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy—renamed Strategy—a “bitcoin treasury company,” has plowed $54.4 billion into bitcoin since 2020, with an average cost of $76,056.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

The wind whistled over the settlements in the afternoon, and the farmers began to set out mile-long windbreaks of eucalyptus to keep the plowed topsoil from blowing away.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck