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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This incident comes two months after another black SUV plowed into pedestrians in Mannheim city center in Germany, killing one man and injuring several others. Escher Walcott, People.com, 3 May 2025 The driver plowed into the back of a truck, with the front driver side of the car making a hard impact with the rear passenger side of the truck. Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025 Read is charged with murder, manslaughter and fleeing the scene for allegedly plowing into him with her Lexus and taking off, leaving him for dead in a snowstorm. Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025 Trending online yesterday: A driver plowed into a Filipino street festival in Vancouver, killing at least 11 people. Matina Stevis-Gridneff, New York Times, 28 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 13 May. 2025.

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