plow under

Example Sentences

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With the onset of the coronavirus, many farmers were forced to plow under crops or dump their milk, even as grocery store shelves emptied out and many American families went hungry.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2021

Large scale corporate operations will deny access to hunters and for certain plow under the grassed waterways and seasonally inundated wetland in favor of maximizing production.

From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2016

It is cooking with imperfect vegetables that farmers might otherwise plow under.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2015

Fearing that disrespectful developers will plow under the lion, the Rutgers University archaeology department has offered to move the remains to a safe place.

From Time Magazine Archive

I want some leguminous plant to seed with the rye for a wind-break crop, not to plow under.

From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James)