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 + backFor the first 10 years, the profits were all plowed back into the company.
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New Orleans attacker recorded visits to the city weeks earlier
The U.S. Army veteran who deliberately plowed into New Year's revelers in New Orleans visited the city twice in the weeks before the attack and recorded video using Meta smart glasses, the FBI revealed Sunday.
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Josh Feldman, NBC News, 5 Jan. 2025
Fourteen people were killed and 35 others were injured after a Ford F-150 truck plowed into pedestrians and gunfire erupted in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
—Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2025
Crowds of joyous revelers had gathered on New Orleans’ historic Bourbon Street in the heart of the city’s French Quarter to ring in the new year when a pickup truck plowed into them, leaving at least 14 innocent people dead and injuring dozens more.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
The pick-up truck plowed into the crowd around 3:15 a.m. and the driver, who appeared to be carrying an ISIS flag in the truck, fired on police officers from inside the vehicle, New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2025
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Josh Feldman, NBC News, 5 Jan. 2025
Fourteen people were killed and 35 others were injured after a Ford F-150 truck plowed into pedestrians and gunfire erupted in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
—Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2025
Crowds of joyous revelers had gathered on New Orleans’ historic Bourbon Street in the heart of the city’s French Quarter to ring in the new year when a pickup truck plowed into them, leaving at least 14 innocent people dead and injuring dozens more.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
The pick-up truck plowed into the crowd around 3:15 a.m. and the driver, who appeared to be carrying an ISIS flag in the truck, fired on police officers from inside the vehicle, New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Plow into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plow%20into. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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