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

In contrast to Heathrow, which wants to bulldoze houses and reroute the M25, Gatwick is proposing to shift an already existing runway just 12 metres north, and bring it into regular use.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2025

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

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2025

Bloomington is the latest Inland Empire community to weigh the tradeoffs of allowing a developer to bulldoze a rural neighborhood to make way for a sprawling warehousing complex in service of online shopping.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2024

“And if Mrs. Malvolio and Mr. Huxley bulldoze the building, if they reduce it to rubble and crush the cave entrance, we may never be able to find it.”

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein