steamroller
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"It's been the steamroller all season. That's the one thing you could take to the bank," said Davis.
From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026
It took a combination of every single element that transformed Indiana from an afterthought into college football’s 16-0 steamroller this season: a perfect storm of bold coaching, undervalued talent, and gamechanging guts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
Samoa and Australia also succumbed to the steamroller.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
Awards season steamroller “ Oppenheimer ” is among the nominees for the PGA’s top award to be handed out later Sunday night.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2024
The small personal satisfaction he felt came from his having passed one of the most grueling tests of his career by showing the courage “to ‘stand up in meeting’ and say ‘No’ to a steamroller.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
In Ganim, about two dozen pre-fabricated homes have already been installed, while steamrollers and other construction machinery busily created new space for future houses on the hillside on Thursday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
There’s some nostalgia involved, sure, tied up with memories of dancing with your goth girlfriends at New Wave Dance Night, but all three of those songs on a random Friday in Ohio were total steamrollers.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2025
As the team steamrollers along, pressure may be mounting to meet the expectations of a seventh consecutive gold.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2021
COVID-19 has also stopped the steamrollers state officials thought would be in high gear by now after approving Pritzker’s Rebuild Illinois capital improvement plan last spring.
From Washington Times ● May 22, 2020
In fact, our charter has very much in mind keeping majorities from turning into steamrollers.
From Fox News ● Feb. 18, 2019
Thomas du Toit had already steamrollered over for one try by then.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
England were steamrollered 4-1 down under in 2002-03 by arguably the best Test team of all time.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025
And believe me, I should have known better than to get steamrollered into a bad trade.
From Slate ● Feb. 19, 2024
MacMichael steamrollered his opponents with a clear, concise argument.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2023
However much Jack wants to believe that Terry’s fine and dandy with this plan, Molly knows that he steamrollered her into it.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
Generative AI is steamrollering the once booming industry known as software-as-a-service, or SaaS, where customers access software over the internet, typically on a subscription basis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
They have got the opportunity to rest several players here but I don't think they will, and I can see them steamrollering over Argentina in the same way.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2023
The stretch includes a second-half steamrollering of ASU in the middle of last season that gave Utah control of the South division.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2022
The embryonic Murray was all talent, all potential; but somehow not quite cut from the same physical stuff as your average steamrollering alpha athlete.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 11, 2019
Kennedy’s secretary of state, Dean Rusk, said he had worried that the president was ill-prepared for the steamrollering he received from Mr. Khrushchev on issues ranging from control over a divided Berlin to nuclear arms.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2018
