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bulldoze

[bool-dohz] / ˈbʊlˌdoʊz /




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The town’s slow work was getting the legal right to bulldoze capital that ownership had abandoned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

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

He gets very enthusiastic about what if we look at that hypocrisy and just bulldoze over it.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

Or bulldoze it, removing what stands as nothing more than a symbol of felonious indifference.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2026

They would bulldoze the barrier separating the public from the private.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

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

If the composer-lyricist Jerry Herman loved one thing, it was a brassy dame who bulldozes past all obstacles in her quest for the best possible life for herself.

From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 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

He bulldozes past me and covers the rest of the hood with suds.

From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na

It has bulldozed its way through tariffs, war, higher oil prices and disappointing GDP to rise 13% so far this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

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

I bulldozed blindly through West Virginia, plunged into Pennsylvania and grooved Rocinante to the great wide turnpike.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

From the outset, Ms. Hazoutte and Ms. Siman Tov have been opposed to bulldozing houses in Nir Oz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

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

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

Rybakina might be seeded ninth in New York this year, but the recent bulldozing of Sabalenka in Cincinnati - winning 6-1 6-4 - was a reminder of her threat.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025

Miguel was waiting on the steps of the Lonogan house, work gloves in his lap, a little sheepdog frantically bulldozing his knee.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby


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