ride roughshod
Example Sentences
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“Carney can pretty much ride roughshod now on the second pipeline and do it in two years,” Hampson says.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
"Now, that's not to say that we should ride roughshod over the views of local people, and that's not to say that every project is justifiable," he said.
From BBC • May 28, 2025
A mayor’s cowardice allows an outlaw to ride roughshod over the citizens of a desolate frontier town.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2020
“People seldom achieve great things without being willing to ride roughshod over the opposition,” the authors note.
From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2018
Zach Powers, Lena Young, and their crowd ride roughshod over a lot of people.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
