ride roughshod over
Example Sentences
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Critics say PSNs are being used for projects with minimal domestic benefit, including industrial zones managed by foreign companies, and allow developers to ride roughshod over environmental and rights protections.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025
"Developers are being allowed to ride roughshod over the needs of communities and the environment and this has got to stop," he added.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2023
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
Companies with big enough budgets can often ride roughshod over the planning system, beating cash-strapped councils and volunteer community groups.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 19, 2019
Zach Powers, Lena Young, and their crowd ride roughshod over a lot of people.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
