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bulldoze

[bool-dohz] / ˈbʊlˌdoʊz /




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The town’s slow work was getting the legal right to bulldoze capital that ownership had abandoned.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

"If the government decides, very quickly, to bulldoze the Statue of Liberty... nothing can be done?" the judge asked.

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

Or bulldoze it, removing what stands as nothing more than a symbol of felonious indifference.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 11, 2026

He added: "Where there aren't levers, we build them. Where there are barriers, we bulldoze them. Where there is poor performance, we challenge it."

From BBC Jan. 13, 2026

They would bulldoze the barrier separating the public from the private.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

One reviewer called the film "a feature-length ad for Kerala tourism" that "gleefully bulldozes over all possibilities of any cultural nuance".

From BBC Sep. 5, 2025

Antetokounmpo now bulldozes opponents and his strength is a core feature of his game.

From Washington Times Jun. 26, 2023

If the composer-lyricist Jerry Herman loved one thing, it was a brassy dame who bulldozes past all obstacles in her quest for the best possible life for herself.

From New York Times Mar. 16, 2023

Biel is especially animated when Candy bulldozes through rooms with a blazing smile and sing-song voice, trying to exercise power where she has none and sweetly bullying those she can with false kindness, including Betty.

From Salon May 10, 2022

“So long as nobody bulldozes it down!” cried Mrs. Gause, whose flickering image was still being projected behind the circulation desk.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

That part of the city has since been bulldozed and replaced by the offices of Central Square, but some older residents will remember the newspaper kiosk and the man who ran it.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

Now, many local leaders want to see them bulldozed to make way for new, denser housing—igniting an outcry on the edge of unbroken wilderness.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

Often these projects are approved with little to no input from community members, either because they flew under the radar or because companies bulldozed their way into building them anyway.

From Salon Jun. 12, 2026

With two magical allies — Faizah Malik, who is challenging Councilmember Traci Park, and Board of Education member Rocio Rivas — they saved homes from being bulldozed by corporate villains.

From Los Angeles Times May 24, 2026

Other parts we have to crawl at an excruciatingly slow pace, because of rocks bulldozed into five-foot berms, intentionally formed into a maze designed to direct the flow of water.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

While a ceasefire began on April 17, the destruction, demolitions and bulldozing in southern areas have only intensified, affecting homes, infrastructure, schools, places of worship and farmland.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

He made good on these promises, with what the Times called “bureaucratic bulldozing, rather than legislative transparency” characterizing his two terms.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 26, 2026

Fall River is one of those northern post-industrial cities that’s been futilely trying to reverse decline for decades, first by bulldozing historic neighborhoods to build highways, and now by constructing breweries and farmer’s markets.

From Salon Dec. 24, 2025

World Cup final player of the match Sadia Kabeya got the crowd on their feet with some bulldozing runs in the first half before scoring in the second.

From BBC Oct. 24, 2025

Four days after Patience Camp passed the Danger Islands, icebergs began bulldozing through the pack.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong




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