steamroll
Example Sentences
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"If we don't then I fear that that we will die a slow death, because it will just steamroll over us," Tiller told AFP.
From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026
Josh Adams was picked out by Dan Edwards' precise punt for Wales's solitary try five minutes after the restart, but, for the most part, the one-way traffic continued to steamroll the visitors.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026
A few years ago, it wasn’t hard to find predictions that tennis pros would steamroll the sport, but Waters and other originals have withstood the charge.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
After watching Notre Dame’s duo of Jeremiyah Love and Jadarian Price steamroll USC’s defensive front, Nebraska offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen surely smells blood in the water.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025
“This could steamroll into something as unmanageable as Pacheco’s pig. Any fool can see that.”
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
