steamroll
Example Sentences
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"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 • Feb. 21, 2026
A few years ago, it wasn’t hard to find predictions that tennis pros would steamroll the sport, but Waters and other originals have withstood the charge.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
It had been a promising start from the Lions, who galloped into a commanding lead and looked as if they were going to steamroll their opponents.
From BBC • Jul. 22, 2025
Much like the 2018 Dodgers against the Boston Red Sox, the 1988 Dodgers were matched up against a team that was the supposed class of baseball, a team that was supposed to steamroll the Dodgers.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2024
“This could steamroll into something as unmanageable as Pacheco’s pig. Any fool can see that.”
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
