steamroller

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Recent Examples of steamroller The stat that sums up 2024 Leicester lost just four of their first 32 games in the Championship, leading to plenty of fan memes about ‘HMS piss the league’, and Jamie Vardy atop a steamroller flattening the Championship logo. Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024 Donald Trump's steamroller ride to the Republican presidential nomination, a race that is now all but settled with his double-digit victory in the New Hampshire primary Tuesday, has displayed his strengths and exposed his vulnerabilities. Susan Page, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2024 Torrez has a little Mike Tyson in him — a stocky 6-foot-2 steamroller who bullies his way inside with rib-crunching hooks. Anthony Stitt, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025 But as the president rolls out a cascade of controversial actions, Democrats are the ones hitting new polling lows — underscoring frustration within the party that lawmakers are being flattened by a GOP steamroller. Mike Allen, Axios, 16 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for steamroller
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juggernaut
Noun
  • Some headlines applauded the juggernaut for its intentionality about Black womanhood, but others took a more critical tone and none was more polarizing than the image of Lauryn Hill performing in a near-empty Caesars Superdome at 3:47 in the morning.
    Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
  • The Canadian metal juggernauts will be joined by progressive metal stalwarts Periphery and rising alt-pop act Honey Revenge for the 19-date run, which kicks off Nov. 12 in Ontario, California, and wraps up Dec. 7 in Wallingford, Connecticut.
    Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 9 July 2025

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“Steamroller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steamroller. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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