bulldoze
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People in Guam and the Northern Marianas moved to emergency evacuation centers and made last-minute preparations on Sunday, hours before a "super typhoon" was projected to bulldoze through the US Pacific territories.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
"If the government decides, very quickly, to bulldoze the Statue of Liberty... nothing can be done?" the judge asked.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
He gets very enthusiastic about what if we look at that hypocrisy and just bulldoze over it.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
Both are likely to bulldoze the box office this side of Christmas, both are new instalments of previous best picture nominees, and both have colons in their titles.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2025
Ainsley plows up the steps, looking for someone else to bulldoze with her cello case.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
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One reviewer called the film "a feature-length ad for Kerala tourism" that "gleefully bulldozes over all possibilities of any cultural nuance".
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2025
Antetokounmpo now bulldozes opponents and his strength is a core feature of his game.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 26, 2023
Biel is especially animated when Candy bulldozes through rooms with a blazing smile and sing-song voice, trying to exercise power where she has none and sweetly bullying those she can with false kindness, including Betty.
From Salon ● May 10, 2022
I have tried talking to Jon about it, but Sarah just bulldozes him.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2020
He bulldozes past me and covers the rest of the hood with suds.
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
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Shortly after, the developer bulldozed the entire place, ripped out trees and erected a 4,700-square-foot box house complete with an eight-foot-tall tiger painted by the front door.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
That part of the city has since been bulldozed and replaced by the offices of Central Square, but some older residents will remember the newspaper kiosk and the man who ran it.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Often these projects are approved with little to no input from community members, either because they flew under the radar or because companies bulldozed their way into building them anyway.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
Some islanders warn that the isolated Indigenous populations' millennia-old culture risks being bulldozed away.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
And Mrs. Lonni Gause, the holographic librarian, was helping out behind the circulation desk without fear of being bulldozed.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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While a ceasefire began on April 17, the destruction, demolitions and bulldozing in southern areas have only intensified, affecting homes, infrastructure, schools, places of worship and farmland.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
He made good on these promises, with what the Times called “bureaucratic bulldozing, rather than legislative transparency” characterizing his two terms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
Fall River is one of those northern post-industrial cities that’s been futilely trying to reverse decline for decades, first by bulldozing historic neighborhoods to build highways, and now by constructing breweries and farmer’s markets.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025
The Sun bullied them inside the paint, bulldozing their way to 46 points in the paint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2024
“They’re going to start bulldozing to make way for the pancake house. It’s like a big party or something,” Roy said.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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