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Discover LudwigThe phrase "ploughing through" is correct and can be used in written English.
It means to make slow but steady progress through something, especially when it is difficult, and can be used both figuratively and literally. For example: "She was ploughing through the pile of paperwork, determined to finish it by the end of the day."
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ploughing through
verb
Present participle of plough through
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I am ploughing through what feels like pea soup.
Researchers spend most of their time unglamorously ploughing through vast quantities of data.
Bishop responded by quoting her Maine hairdresser: "Kind of awful, ain't it, ploughing through life alone".
In the footage, cars are seen ploughing through the deep foam, which looks like snow.
Sometimes, ploughing through all of the traditions is a bit of a slog.
Start ploughing through the piano music - rondos, bagatelles, fragments of sonatas.
I could see him ploughing through all the more obscure options.
I do the footwork, ploughing through records for six or seven hours at a time.
Imagine you're a reader for a publishing house, ploughing through the slush pile.
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The first two turns go okay, but then, oh god, they get wider and wider until I am almost snow-ploughing through the powder to reach Martin.
That the parade of hours is busier than the ploughing-through of miles.
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