Thesaurus / steamroll
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Frankly, 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 POST
Despite 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, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHT
The 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, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHT
WORDS RELATED TO STEAMROLL
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- determine
- dictate
- effect
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- fix
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- ratify
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- set in motion
- soft-soap
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- suck in
- sway
- sweet-talk
- talk into
- twist one's arm
- urge
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- talk into
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- jolly
- key up
- kid
- lean on
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- persuade
- pour it on
- press
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- prod
- push around
- put the screws to
- put up to
- railroad
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- speed
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- spur
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- strong-arm
- turn on
- bear down
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- pressure
- prod
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- speed
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- strong-arm
- turn on
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- coerce
- constrain
- dragoon
- egg on
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- 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
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