steamroll
Example Sentences
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The best teams tend to stack their nonconference schedule with two types of games: Opportunities for signature victories against other top contenders, along with schools they’re certain to steamroll.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 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
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
If MLB withholds its players, the NFL will steamroll whatever collection of minor leaguers and collegians appear on the Olympic diamond.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 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.
