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  • verb Present participle of steamroll.

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Examples

  • -- On what the President should do if Democrats keep control of both houses: Begin steamrolling through all the programs he promised.

    Bill Mann: Willie Brown's Savvy November Predictions on Who'll Win Bill Mann 2010

  • The unions accused Transnet of "steamrolling" negotiations over the restructuring and of being concerned only with its balance sheet - wanting to dispose of companies like Metrorail as quickly as possible while ignoring the human impact.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • They accused Transnet of "steamrolling" negotiations and of being concerned only with its balance sheet - wanting to dispose of companies like Metrorail as quickly as possible while ignoring the human impact.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • The National Taxi Drivers 'Organisation, which organised the protest, has accused Sataco and the government of "steamrolling" the project.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

  • Sataco and government of "steamrolling" the project, saying "there might be something in it for them".

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

  • African Taxi Council, (which is consulting government on behalf of the industry), and the government were "steamrolling" the project, saying "there might be something for them".

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

  • Cosag accuses the Government and the ANC of "steamrolling" through decisions such as the April 27 election date.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1993

  • Boston-area district - if not in characteristic "steamrolling" fashion (he beat his last opponent by 43 percentage points) - he may be in trouble.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • According to Ashis Nandy, political psychologist and social theorist, this 'steamrolling' version of nationalism is a departure from its predecessor, which was based on the idea of a confederation.

    Countercurrents.org 2010

  • "steamrolling" the project, saying this could result in 41000 drivers losing their jobs.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

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