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- verb Present participle of
steamroller .
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Examples
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Thursday protesting against the "steamrollering" of legislation through Parliament and what they said was the ANC's refusal to consult on the Bill before it was to be passed.
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Thursday protesting against the "steamrollering" of legislation through Parliament and what they said was the ANC's refusal to consult on the Bill before it was to be passed.
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If we can believe the evidence of those who know him best – not to mention those steamrollering YouTube clips that make him look like a cross between Romário and Spider-Man – he looks like a bona fide prodigy.
Enjoying the fleeting thrill of fragile prodigies is a national habit | Barney Ronay 2011
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It was in the air on Monday: England's steamrollering of Sri Lanka had a feel of inevitability.
Cool-Hand Trott Leads Way Richard Lord 2011
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Trott and England are intent on steamrollering Australia in the one-day series.
Jonathan Trott: 'What we achieved might only hit me when I've retired' 2011
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It was in the air on Monday: England's steamrollering of Sri Lanka had a feel of inevitability.
Cool-Hand Trott Leads Way Richard Lord 2011
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Mad Men is steamrollering back on to our screens for a fourth series.
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They [the authorities] are just steamrollering over us, they have broken their promises and in any way that you can help, please help us. '
Avatar director James Cameron joins Amazon tribe's fight to halt giant dam 2010
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I am throughly disgusted with Reid steamrollering Wyden's holds on Bush nominee's, just like his steam-rollering over Dodd's hold on the new AG nomination, etc. Want to kick Reid in the metaphorical nuts of his spectacularly weak and ineffectual leadership?
Hillary And Obama Campaigns At War Over Bill's Iraq Comments 2009
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The steamrollering of Daniel Finkelstein in the comments section is a perverse joy to see after the consistently excellent writer tried to defend his employers with a rather odd excuse of 'What if it had been Sir Ian Blair writing the blog?'
Archive 2009-06-01 Jeff 2009
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