steamroll

Example Sentences

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Their steamroll hit a speed bump as they squandered opportunities in Saturday’s 4-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

"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

But in her novel, rather than satirize or steamroll, Shriver takes her open-armed and open-borders characters as seriously and empathetically as her anti-immigration ones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

It had been a promising start from the Lions, who galloped into a commanding lead and looked as if they were going to steamroll their opponents.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 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