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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
ramrod .
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Examples
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Babaa accused the United State of having "ramrodded" the embargo through the Security Council seven years ago without any proof that
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Point Four: Where were all these tantrums when Bush ramrodded the bail out, aka the "let's pay off my rich friends and contributors plan"?
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Mr. TOM BUTTERMORE: I was strongly against the health care bill, and I think that they just ramrodded that down due to their majority kind of, you know, control of Congress.
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Mr. TOM BUTTERMORE: I was strongly against the health care bill, and I think that they just ramrodded that down due to their majority kind of, you know, control of Congress.
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First, it was a republican administraiton that came up with amd ramrodded the proposal, and second, the democrats only held majority by the grace of one dubious independent.
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Worst of all, she is more experienced and qualified than the man the radical Left ramrodded into the oval office.
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Knowing that Democrats ramrodded this travesty through Congress, without input by any Republicans and yet how soon they forget about 1996 to 2006 when the Republicans were in charge and ramrodded every piece of legislation they passed through Congress in the dead of night.
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He added that MGM's current deal with Spyglass "is being ramrodded through with the typical fear tactic that the 'sky will fall' if the plan is not approved."
Icahn Offers to Buy MGM Debt, Fights Spyglass Plan Mike Spector 2010
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The Maine Senate President, in the final hot days of the recent legislative session, ramrodded a Joint Resolution opposing not only the park, but studying the feasibility of a national park through the Maine Legislature.
Cynthia Dill: Anti-Government Republicans Against Jobs, the Environment and a National Park in Maine Cynthia Dill 2011
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Brinley's book contains instructions for making for "micrograin" rocket engines (pulverized zinc and sulfur ramrodded into a steel container.)
Boing Boing 2009
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