How to Use plow ahead in a Sentence

plow ahead

phrasal verb
  • The Fed could cut rates this year even if the economy plows ahead, as long as inflation kept falling.
    Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2023
  • But this is the future of Google's podcast content, so the company is plowing ahead with it.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Governments around the world, meanwhile, have been plowing ahead with their own chip programs.
    Ian King, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2024
  • When that guy gets out, the reckless driver plows ahead, killing the stranger and leaving his daughter in critical condition.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Still, some House Republicans appeared ready to plow ahead.
    Carl Hulse, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • One reason the Fed could be able to cut rates next year, even if the economy plows ahead, would be if inflation kept falling, as expected.
    Christopher Rugaber, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Dec. 2023
  • One reason the Fed might be able to cut rates next year, even if the economy plows ahead, would be if inflation kept falling, as expected.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Just plowing ahead with an approach for carbon reduction that sounds good, but in the real world simply may not work, ends up helping nobody.
    Daniel Markind, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Somehow, like the Fast and the Furious franchise this movie poster seems to parody, Cars just kept plowing ahead with another sequel.
    Joshua St. Clair, Men's Health, 16 June 2023
  • Disney, however, decided to plow ahead anyway with the premiere of the Haunted Mansion remake, even though the entire cast of the film was not in attendance.
    Vulture, 16 July 2023
  • In the span of 24 hours this past week, Elon Musk made three very big bets with three very different companies, together showing his penchant to plow ahead despite sizable risks.
    Tim Higgins, wsj.com, 22 Apr. 2023
  • But the dual decision to acquire Grail—for too much money, in Icahn’s opinion—and plow ahead with the deal despite regulator pushbacks got the most Icahn ink.
    Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 27 July 2023
  • Speaking to reporters at a press briefing on Tuesday, Murray acknowledged that the Senate was plowing ahead anyway.
    Emily Jacobs, Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Jen Shah is behind bars for running a nationwide telemarketing fraud scheme (not that one), so the rest of the women have to plow ahead with another winter of high drama and petty differences all on their own.
    James Grebey, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Yet so far, the economy has continued to plow ahead, and inflation is retreating faster than some economists expected.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The Biden administration is acting as other governments around the world plow ahead with efforts to regulate advanced AI systems.
    Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Most of his rivals, meanwhile, have plowed ahead by pulling traditional campaign levers, blitzing Iowa with visits to all of its 99 counties, increasing -- or slashing -- spending on ads or leaning on strong debate performances.
    Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Merchant was known for plowing ahead with production without a complete budget in place, cajoling money out of investors along the way and deferring payments for as long as possible, a practice that often left cast and crew disgruntled.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Much of the hand wringing around AI stems from concerns that these major firms are plowing ahead with the technology without adequately considering the potentially negative effects.
    Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Now, as Trump plows ahead with his third bid for the White House, that familiar call to end birthright citizenship has once again risen as a prospective rallying cry for a Republican party increasingly defined by hostility to immigration.
    Rafi Schwartz, The Week, 27 June 2023
  • Johnson reportedly told centrist Republicans in a closed-door meeting last week that there is insufficient evidence to plow ahead with impeachment proceedings against the president.
    Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner, 14 Nov. 2023

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