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steamroller

[steem-roh-ler] / ˈstimˌroʊ lər /
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steamroll
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And the Balkan Five have gone from niche college hoops phenomenon to March Madness steamroller.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

"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

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

Throughout the Nicola Sturgeon era, the SNP was an electoral steamroller.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2023

The “Social Studies and Science Interdisciplinary Block” arrives like a slow-motion steamroller.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden

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

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

Like Frank Underwood in “House of Cards,” Pius also suffers from a lack of worthy, competent antagonists as he steamrollers his opposition.

From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2017

Thomas du Toit had already steamrollered over for one try by then.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

But President Trump, Taylor Swift and the rest left New Orleans wondering what had happened to two-time champion Kansas City Chiefs as they were steamrollered by the Philadelphia Eagles.

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 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

England’s dominant forward pack pushed the Americans around all night — steamrollering through them, scampering past them, bulling over them — to score seven tries on the way to a 45-7 blowout in Kobe.

From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2019

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




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