as in bullying
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as in intimidating
to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats
one of those gatherings at which high-pressure sales reps try to bulldoze naive people into buying time-shares
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bulldozing
Noun
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She was selected based on a self-reporting assessment, and the sessions didn’t have anything to do with bullying, according to the district’s report.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Feb. 2025 -
Powell recalled how his mother was intent on testifying before Congress to clear her name and shine a light on the bullying tactics that the government was employing.—
Jevon Phillips,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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With the MacBook Air launching earlier than the iPhone SE and ahead of the next Apple Intelligence update, this points to a press release launch and Apple pushing its consumer laptops further into the background.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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That presents some planning opportunities, including possibly pushing some SALT payments into 2026.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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This new era of AI can feel intimidating for the limited, human life forms that created it.—
Marc Zao-Sanders,
Harvard Business Review,
17 Dec. 2024
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Only six years older than Crystal, the comedian still found Scorsese intimidating.—
Lester Fabian Brathwaite,
EW.com,
16 Dec. 2024
Noun
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As for their rematch, the end of May is just over two months away which puts a lot of pressure on the WBA to handle logistics and promote the fight.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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Related Articles Washington University in St. Louis has quietly opened its doors to Jewish students leaving uncomfortable campuses At the same time, the Trump administration has escalated pressure on pro-Palestinian protesters and schools seen as abetting them.—
Andrew Lapin,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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China’s revanchist claims and maritime coercion in the South China Sea are meant to show that big countries can simply grab the global commons.—
HAL BRANDS,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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Historically, imperialist leaders have used military conquest, economic coercion or diplomatic pressure to expand their dominions, and justified their foreign incursions as civilizing missions, economic opportunities or national security imperatives.—
Monica Duffy Toft,
The Conversation,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Will Trump threats spark another uprising? Control issues?—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2025
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As the threat of bird flu mounts—the virus is tearing through farms and mutating in ways that increasingly threaten human health—the country’s response has been woefully inadequate.—
Dhruv Khullar,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2025
Noun
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However, the series never shows Proteus in action, leaving much of its menace to the imagination.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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Many held a hint – sometimes more than a hint – of menace.—
Andy Rose,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
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Victims of violence The Comperatore Family, the family of the firefighter who was fatally shot by the gunman during the assassination attempt against President Trump in July 2024.—
Nik Popli,
TIME,
4 Mar. 2025
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Body camera footage of officers beating Brooks while his hands are cuffed behind him lead to intense criticism over the violence in the state’s prison system at the hands of corrections officers.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Bulldozing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulldozing. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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