run roughshod over
Example Sentences
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We get a vicarious thrill from watching the narcissist run roughshod over people's feelings or exploit others without shame.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2025
How, he asks, can the majority be trusted when narrow self-interest is allowed to run roughshod over the commonweal?
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
After making waves in the voice-acting space, it was perhaps inevitable that this technology would run roughshod over the recorded music industry, perhaps taking the easy route through some of its biggest hitmakers.
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2023
But he focused on the repercussions when a firm like FTX, which was based in the Bahamas, can run roughshod over the U.S. economy.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2022
This thing of letting a cur like that run roughshod over a man on account of a girl that didn't care was plumb idiotic.
From Rowdy of the Cross L by B. M. Bower
