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"But if there isn't this conversation and they are going to continue to mow down these efforts, it's really demoralising."

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

This was where he would mow down the rest of the league with a mixture of fastballs and offspeed stuff and just brilliance.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2023

But as the monster storm began to mow down houses around them, Mr. Pacyna posted videos of the churning floodwaters sweeping away bar stools and a generator.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2022

Without the steady pressure of hungry sea otters working the nearshore bottom, urchins multiply and mow down kelp forests, turning the near shore bottom into a sandy barren.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2019

Pedaling down Maxwell Street, I took care to stay away from the hansom cabs and wagons that rushed through the road as though they were racing to see who could mow down the most pedestrians.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros