plow
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To pay for the condo, we sold a chunk of investments, but we expect to plow money from our home sale back into our portfolio.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
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 could plow more investment into Octopus Energy and Kraken.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Amazon are the biggest of the hyperscalers, and Wall Street expects them to plow hundreds of billions of dollars into AI.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
He had unhitched her from the plow and she still had on her collar, the traces draped over her neck.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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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
Your third-grader happily plows through a plate of rigatoni with meat sauce, one of the few meals he will eat without protest, blissfully unaware that extra vegetables have been blended in for structural support.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026
All the plows in Kansas can’t plow like the E-Ray on cold summer rubber.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
Caltrans plows were plowing Interstate 15, the CHP said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2025
In addition, the largest domestic mammals interacted with domestic plants to increase food production by pulling plows and thereby making it possible for people to till land that had previously been uneconomical for farming.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Srour said Gonzaba plowed through the boardwalk and hit his bike, according to the TV station.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Hundreds of billions are already being plowed into the build-out: Whatever investors decide for the future, “the infrastructure already built doesn’t disappear,” Swiss Re’s Haegeli said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
A week or two prior, he said, an out-of-control motorist nearly plowed into the statue of Amelia Earhart that sits next to a library bearing the famous aviator’s name.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
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
I had half the Held plowed by lunchtime.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
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If you’re having a good time and not just plowing through the material, that earns you another 20% with the audience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Five of the 11 have either already lost primaries or announced their retirements, while the other six are plowing ahead with reelection bids.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Meanwhile, in U.S. supermarkets, fresh-lettuce sales are sliding, and California farmers are plowing their crops back into the ground as demand slumps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 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
Years earlier, as a girl, she had helped him during plowing season, driving his tractor from afternoon until late at night.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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