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Meanings of ploughing into in English

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Usage of ploughing into in English
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Speeding Pierce rubbernecked at the accident, ploughing into a van.
The Guardian
2
I got up, and looked across the blue field we were ploughing into white furrows.
The Roadmender
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The much-publicised money that Barclays is ploughing into the game may prove pivotal to this change.
The Guardian
4
He gripped the wheel tightly, struggling to keep the van from ploughing into walls of dense brush.
White corridor
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Palestinian officials said Israeli tanks left Beit Hanoun tonight after ploughing into the area earlier in the day.
The Irish Times
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We were ploughing into each other at 60-70 kph at hour, Millar said.
Reuters
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Morse, evidently trying to regain his equilibrium, plunged wildly at him and sent him ploughing into the willows.
Man-Size
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Traffic slowed on major roads around the city, with one car ploughing into a house in the wintry weather.
BBC
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A New Zealander is one of 18 people who were injured by a vehicle ploughing into pedestrians in Melbourne.
Radio NZ
10
The sand seemed to hold him back more and more, his sandals ploughing into it, making quick sucking sounds.
The Incredible Shrinking Man
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Goldman was once an aggressive corporate investor in Japan, ploughing into cash-strapped companies and turning them around for re-sale.
Reuters
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With international investors ploughing into commercial property, it could be a good time to take a punt on Irish property.
The Irish Times
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The driver of the Subaru Impreza was also taken to hospital after ploughing into the officer and a police car.
The Irish Times
14
And as for the floating islands of foam, hitting them would probably be like ploughing into slightly hardened soap bubbles.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
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The initial details suggest a tactic that jihadi propaganda has suggested for several years, with a vehicle ploughing into a crowd.
The Guardian
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The other car swerved too, just in time to avoid ploughing into us, and bumped off the road into the ditch.
The Fearless
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