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ride roughshod





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“Carney can pretty much ride roughshod now on the second pipeline and do it in two years,” Hampson says.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

The UK's music industry isn't particularly well integrated with Europe, tending to ride roughshod over its less influential neighbours.

From BBC • May 17, 2025

A mayor’s cowardice allows an outlaw to ride roughshod over the citizens of a desolate frontier town.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2020

Likewise, not every president is determined to ride roughshod over DOJ.

From The Guardian • May 8, 2020

Zach Powers, Lena Young, and their crowd ride roughshod over a lot of people.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman




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