It sounded like a herd of horses plowing through the jungle. "Demons," Toby said.
And the IFR scientists responsible for the Collection are currently plowing through the huge task of DNA fingerprinting all the strains already stored.
There is little that is new, much that is simply repeated and re-hashed, and only sheer inertia has kept me plowing through.
Or else they are so voluminous (multiple volumes) that only the most serious scholar or eager enthusiast can imagine plowing through them.
To cover more time without plowing through all the details of your day-to-day life, you may add glimpses of your childhood that show how your amazing character came to be.