Examples of plow under in a Sentence
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With the prairie getting plowed under and replaced almost completely by farmland, the prairie chicken lost its habitat, and is nearly extinct in Illinois.
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Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
Lopez makes Judy a mother who loves her aspiring athlete-star son but is cornered, plowed under by life.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Sep. 2024
And that has always been Amtrak’s goal, plowing under a big swath of Midtown, now estimated to cost $17 billion.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2024
However, before the bulldozers could move, the streets that were to be plowed under had to be de-mapped and only City Hall could do that.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 July 2024
The curious atala comeback South Florida is home to many imperiled butterflies, many victims of the habitat loss — like the destruction of Miami-Dade’s pine rockland forests, which have been largely plowed under for suburban development.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 13 July 2024
This unneeded Penn South, plowing under Block 780, will cost $17 billion and probably much more.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 26 June 2024
Most immediately, there were the troubling optics of paying farmers to plow under their crops at a time when so many were going hungry.
—Meg Jacobs, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2020
The first crash occurred in 2016, when a Tesla plowed under a semi-truck on a U.S. route in Florida.
—Jeremy B. Merrill, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2023
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Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
Lopez makes Judy a mother who loves her aspiring athlete-star son but is cornered, plowed under by life.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Sep. 2024
And that has always been Amtrak’s goal, plowing under a big swath of Midtown, now estimated to cost $17 billion.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2024
However, before the bulldozers could move, the streets that were to be plowed under had to be de-mapped and only City Hall could do that.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 July 2024
The curious atala comeback South Florida is home to many imperiled butterflies, many victims of the habitat loss — like the destruction of Miami-Dade’s pine rockland forests, which have been largely plowed under for suburban development.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 13 July 2024
This unneeded Penn South, plowing under Block 780, will cost $17 billion and probably much more.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 26 June 2024
Most immediately, there were the troubling optics of paying farmers to plow under their crops at a time when so many were going hungry.
—Meg Jacobs, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2020
The first crash occurred in 2016, when a Tesla plowed under a semi-truck on a U.S. route in Florida.
—Jeremy B. Merrill, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2023
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“Plow under.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plow%20under. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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