run roughshod over
Example Sentences
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The death of Franco, a rising political star who resisted militias’ expansion and fought ardently for the poor, has driven home the consequences of allowing organized crime to run roughshod over Rio’s sprawling landscape.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2024
The two-stock theory, Pinchin posits, thus "allowed humans to run roughshod over one of the world's most contested species for decades."
From Salon • Aug. 2, 2023
After making waves in the voice-acting space, it was perhaps inevitable that this technology would run roughshod over the recorded music industry, perhaps taking the easy route through some of its biggest hitmakers.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2023
The law was born when environmentalism focused on stopping projects that had run roughshod over communities.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2022
This thing of letting a cur like that run roughshod over a man on account of a girl that didn't care was plumb idiotic.
From Rowdy of the Cross L by Bower, B. M.
