plow into

verb

plowed into; plowing into; plows into
1
: to crash into (someone or something) usually at a high speed
The car plowed into the guardrail.
2
: to invest (money, profits, etc.) in (something)
The company plowed millions of dollars into research.
—often + back
For the first 10 years, the profits were all plowed back into the company.

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Police say a 93-year-old woman was driving a Buick Encore and while attempting to park pressed the accelerator instead of the brake, plowing into the restaurant's outdoor dining area and then slamming into the building. — Naveen Dhaliwal, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026 And big tech firms are borrowing huge amounts of cash to plow into data center construction while the federal government is still running large yearly budget deficits. — ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026 Earlier in the evening, two bus passengers, Gage Weida, 31, and Daniel Castillo, 46, were killed when an SUV plowed into a bus in the suburban Los Angeles neighborhood of Chatsworth, officials said. — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026 The nightmare imagery was the result of Linton’s decision to press her gas pedal to the floor and reach speeds of 131 mph, prosecutors allege, plowing into the intersection of Slauson and La Brea avenues. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for plow into

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“Plow into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plow%20into. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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