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- verb Present participle of
steamroll .
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Examples
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-- 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
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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.
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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.
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The National Taxi Drivers 'Organisation, which organised the protest, has accused Sataco and the government of "steamrolling" the project.
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Sataco and government of "steamrolling" the project, saying "there might be something in it for them".
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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".
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Cosag accuses the Government and the ANC of "steamrolling" through decisions such as the April 27 election date.
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Boston-area district - if not in characteristic "steamrolling" fashion (he beat his last opponent by 43 percentage points) - he may be in trouble.
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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
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"steamrolling" the project, saying this could result in 41000 drivers losing their jobs.
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