plow into

phrasal 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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Last month in Vancouver, 11 people were killed and more than two dozen injured when a driver plowed into a crowd at a Filipino Lapu Lapu Day block party. Juliet Izon, Vogue, 7 May 2025 The incident comes three days after four students were killed when an SUV plowed into an Illinois afterschool program. David Matthews, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025 Community mourns 3 girls, teen killed when SUV plowed into building in central Illinois 02:03 Residents gather to remember crash victims Meantime, there was a growing memorial at the site of the crash in memory of the victims. Sara Tenenbaum, Sara MacHi, Ian Lee, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2025 The Virginia man was walking or standing in the Westside Plaza parking lot April 25 when someone plowed into him and kept going, according to the Marietta Police Department. Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2025 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 22 May. 2025.

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