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steamrollers

  • present tense form of steamroller (3rd person singular).

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There’s some nostalgia involved, sure, tied up with memories of dancing with your goth girlfriends at New Wave Dance Night, but all three of those songs on a random Friday in Ohio were total steamrollers.

From Salon Oct. 7, 2025

Scabrous, painful and true, it tracks a high school senior who, in his ambitions to be a comic-book artist of the highest, purest order, steamrollers over nearly everyone in his life.

From New York Times Aug. 25, 2022

COVID-19 has also stopped the steamrollers state officials thought would be in high gear by now after approving Pritzker’s Rebuild Illinois capital improvement plan last spring.

From Washington Times May 22, 2020

In fact, our charter has very much in mind keeping majorities from turning into steamrollers.

From Fox News Feb. 18, 2019

Earlier, South Africa's Sunshine Tour quickly proclaimed "Schwartzel steamrollers opposition to win Masters" on its website and said Schwartzel "pulled off an extraordinary victory in one of the most thrilling Masters ever."

From The Guardian Apr. 11, 2011

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