steamroll
Example Sentences
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UCLA, which steamrolled its way through a second consecutive undefeated regular season, would meet upstart Indiana, led by second-year coach Bob Knight, in the other semifinal in St. Louis.
From Washington Post
Weren’t you just a bit bored at all the steamrolling just before the flattening?
From Los Angeles Times
“Any business doing rational multiyear planning had to assume this rate of change or else get steamrolled,” said Harry Saal, a longtime Silicon Valley entrepreneur.
From New York Times
Ms. Naftali said that Democrats could not allow a “steamroll by Republicans” just because the primary calendar had changed.
From New York Times
The team, in fact, was doing quite well and had steamrolled through the playoffs.
From Los Angeles Times
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