bulldoze
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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
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
When federal agents moved in to remove the last occupiers in 1971, officials had plans to bulldoze the entire thing.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2025
“Had to bulldoze her all out, like I say.”
From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit
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
She seems to never lose as she hilariously bulldozes her way through conflict.
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2024
Antetokounmpo now bulldozes opponents and his strength is a core feature of his game.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 26, 2023
He bulldozes over the facts of this case and blows past photographic evidence.
From Slate ● Jun. 28, 2022
“So long as nobody bulldozes it down!” cried Mrs. Gause, whose flickering image was still being projected behind the circulation desk.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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
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
With two magical allies — Faizah Malik, who is challenging Councilmember Traci Park, and Board of Education member Rocio Rivas — they saved homes from being bulldozed by corporate villains.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026
Some islanders warn that the isolated Indigenous populations' millennia-old culture risks being bulldozed away.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
The old public library, the one Mr. Lemoncello had loved when he was a boy growing up in the small Ohio town, had been bulldozed to make way for a multilevel concrete parking structure.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
Although Hampton, a certified starter, only played in the Chargers’ opening series in Thursday’s preseason loss to San Francisco, he made waves in the two teams’ joint practice on Tuesday by bulldozing several 49ers defenders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 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
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
Mom gasps and runs over, almost bulldozing Bernadette, who’s balancing several baskets.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
