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The narrow, mountainous peninsula had forced the Allies to fight by what Eric Sevareid called steam-roller advance, crushing towns and villages in their path, laying waste to the countryside….
The Story of World War II Donald L. Miller 1945
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The narrow, mountainous peninsula had forced the Allies to fight by what Eric Sevareid called steam-roller advance, crushing towns and villages in their path, laying waste to the countryside….
The Story of World War II Donald L. Miller 1945
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Despite murdering dogs when he was supposed to be murdering their owners, Ken was the most sympathetic member of the gang, and though bullied because of his stutter, he rose up against his tormentor and squashed him with a steam-roller.
Michael Palin: Palin Opines on The King's Speech Michael Palin 2011
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Last week, a back-hoe, bull-dozer, something that looks like a steam-roller with cleats, and a dozen men with hard hats moved in and turned the swamp into a landscape that wouldn't look out of place on the moon.
Archive 2010-06-01 Ulysses 2010
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Despite murdering dogs when he was supposed to be murdering their owners, Ken was the most sympathetic member of the gang, and though bullied because of his stutter, he rose up against his tormentor and squashed him with a steam-roller.
Michael Palin: Palin Opines on The King's Speech Michael Palin 2011
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Last week, a back-hoe, bull-dozer, something that looks like a steam-roller with cleats, and a dozen men with hard hats moved in and turned the swamp into a landscape that wouldn't look out of place on the moon.
They're Paving Paradise... Ulysses 2010
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I laughed so much with both surprise and delight that I gladly relinquished the bread to gabbling beaks and they went on their way to steam-roller another 'insouciant' picnicker.
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"I feel as if I'd been run over by a steam-roller," he replied.
THE KANAKA SURF 2010
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Despite murdering dogs when he was supposed to be murdering their owners, Ken was the most sympathetic member of the gang, and though bullied because of his stutter, he rose up against his tormentor and squashed him with a steam-roller.
Michael Palin: Palin Opines on The King's Speech Michael Palin 2011
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Not until the military steam-roller has passed over the country from end to end, will there be peace.
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