bulldoze

Example Sentences

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He also started a controversial campaign to bulldoze illegal buildings – which helped ease traffic but also drew criticism from street vendors and residents in informal settlements.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

He was galvanized by a proposal to bulldoze the sycamores blanketing Pipes Canyon, west of Yucca Valley, for an international airport.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2025

Dubois continued to bulldoze her way through in the second, grunting with each punch thrown.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2025

When they didn’t, he blustered over the course of half a dozen hearings, at one point threatening to bulldoze Brentwood’s pool or fill it with sand.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2024

The City of New York takes so much time to either renovate or bulldoze a condemned building it’s like those guys on Death Row who die of old age rather than execution.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez