steamroll
Example Sentences
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The best teams tend to stack their nonconference schedule with two types of games: Opportunities for signature victories against other top contenders, along with schools they’re certain to steamroll.
"If we don't then I fear that that we will die a slow death, because it will just steamroll over us," Tiller told AFP.
From Barron's
The U.S. had steamrolled the competition here for two weeks, entering the decisive showdown against Canada riding a wave of five consecutive shutout victories and carrying an overall goal differential of 31-1.
Josh Adams was picked out by Dan Edwards' precise punt for Wales's solitary try five minutes after the restart, but, for the most part, the one-way traffic continued to steamroll the visitors.
From BBC
"The minute panic set in she just steamrolled in the wrong direction."
From BBC
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