pour into

phrasal verb

poured into; pouring into; pours into
: to spend (a large amount of money, time, energy, etc.) on (something)
She has poured thousands (of dollars) into the business.
He has been pouring all his time/resources into the project.

Examples of pour into in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Hundreds of billions of dollars, both public and private, are pouring into AI. Otto Barten, TIME, 16 May 2024 Severe thunderstorms roared through downtown Houston on Thursday, causing rain to get through a section of the retractable roof at Minute Maid Park and pour into the bullpen in right-center field as Javier warmed up. Staff and Wire Reports, The Mercury News, 16 May 2024 After all, behind the $9.5 billion of venture capital that has been poured into ByteDance since 2012 is a sprawling list of U.S. pension funds (and yes, the endowments, nonprofits, insurance companies, and family offices, too). Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 9 May 2024 In a river drainage along the eastern coast of Brazil, rapid flowing freshwater pours into the Atlantic Ocean. Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 8 May 2024 Ryan Dollar, the general counsel for the NRSC, wrote that allowing candidates to raise the money would welcome unlimited money to pour into ballot measure campaigns – potentially from foreign sources – in a shadow effort to help candidates get elected. Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2024 Shaking all ingredients together with ice will create air bubbles in the mixture, which can cloud the appearance when poured into a glass. Dominique Fluker, Essence, 3 May 2024 The officer’s gun went off at 9:38 p.m., the NYPD said, about 10 minutes after police started pouring into Hamilton Hall. Julie Watson, Fortune, 3 May 2024 Meanwhile, donations are pouring into the GoFundMe campaign started for the Lambert family. Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024

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“Pour into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pour%20into. Accessed 21 May. 2024.

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