Thesaurus / steamroll
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So there’s precedent for the Lakers either steamrolling opponents, now that their stars are on the court, or fading after the season’s avalanche of injuries.
THE LAKERS AREN’T LIKE ANY DEFENDING CHAMPS WE’VE SEENLOUIS ZATZMANMAY 18, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHTThe Senate rules maven said unexpectedly that Democrats could use the procedural equivalent of a quadruple jump in Olympic ice skating to steamroll a massive infrastructure bill into law with only Democratic votes.
THE WHEELS SEEM TO BE COMING OFF DEMOCRATS’ INFRASTRUCTURE PLANSPHILIP ELLIOTTAPRIL 8, 2021TIMEThat work continued into the January runoffs in Georgia and has now steamrolled to fight the latest legislation with the new voting restrictions.
‘THIS THING PASSED AND THEN YOU SAID SOMETHING’: BRANDS PRESSURED ON NEW GEORGIA VOTING LAW AMID EVOLVING CONSUMER EXPECTATIONSKIMEKO MCCOYAPRIL 5, 2021DIGIDAYFrankly, I think it might have sent a message, but probably only for a one-day news cycle before the president just steamrolled it and moved on.
Q&A WITH ‘ANONYMOUS’: MILES TAYLOR ON HIS SECRET, WHY HE DIDN’T RESIGN AND MOREPHILIP RUCKER, CAROL D. LEONNIGOCTOBER 30, 2020WASHINGTON POSTDespite maps that were drawn to favor Republicans, Democrats steamrolled Republicans in metro Philadelphia in 2018, cutting their deficit to four seats in the state Senate and nine seats in the state House.
COULD DEMOCRATS WIN FULL CONTROL OF MORE STATE GOVERNMENTS THAN REPUBLICANS?NATHANIEL RAKICH (NATHANIEL.RAKICH@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)OCTOBER 20, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTThe Lakers steamrolled through most of the regular season and, despite a drop-off in the seeding games, comfortably landed the No.
THE LAKERS AND HEAT MISSED THE PLAYOFFS. THEN THEY STARTED COOKING THEIR FINALS ROSTERS.JARED DUBINOCTOBER 1, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTWORDS RELATED TO STEAMROLL
- bear down
- browbeat
- bulldoze
- coerce
- constrain
- dragoon
- egg on
- encourage
- exert influence
- expedite
- fire up
- go to town on
- goad
- goose
- hurry
- impel
- influence
- inspire
- jolly
- key up
- kid
- lean on
- motivate
- oblige
- overpress
- persuade
- pour it on
- press
- pressure
- prod
- push around
- put the screws to
- put up to
- railroad
- sell on
- speed
- speed up
- spur
- squeeze
- steamroll
- strong-arm
- turn on
- bears down
- browbeats
- bulldozes
- coerces
- constrains
- dragoons
- egg on
- encourages
- exerts influence
- expedites
- fires up
- goads
- goes to town on
- gooses
- hurries
- impels
- influences
- inspires
- jollies
- key up
- kids
- lean on
- motivates
- obliges
- overpresses
- persuades
- pours it on
- presses
- pressures
- prods
- pushes around
- puts the screws to
- puts up to
- railroads
- sells on
- speeds
- speeds up
- spurs
- squeezes
- steamrolls
- strong-arms
- turns on
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