steamroller

Example Sentences

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“Russia has assembled what I call a steamroller,” said Ben Barry, a senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, in a reference to its military strength, not least in artillery.

From Seattle Times

Indeed, if an inexperienced South Africa team had been steamrollered, it could have hurt the argument of those who fight for its survival.

From BBC

Frankly, I don’t think engagement among adversaries requires one to be steamrollered or to abandon one’s core beliefs.

From Seattle Times

For a Celtics defense still smarting from a steamrollering, these may be ominous words.

From New York Times

The Peacocks were not in the field as a team that had steamrollered blue-blood opponents, had assembled a perfect season or had enough cachet to make the selection committee think twice about excluding them.

From New York Times