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Wynn Smiley, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2025
Elez had emerged as one of the central figures in Musk’s rapid and roughshod overhaul of federal agencies in recent days, during which the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), one of the central agencies carrying out U.S. foreign policy, has been eviscerated.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 6 Feb. 2025
Erik Kain, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
The Bruins ran roughshod over the NHL this season, but the playoffs mark a different, often more unfair, season.
—Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2023
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Adjective
One father, a lawyer who teaches constitutional law, was shocked by the university’s roughshod treatment of his son and students and the ease with which administrators disregarded their rights.
—Wynn Smiley, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2025
Elez had emerged as one of the central figures in Musk’s rapid and roughshod overhaul of federal agencies in recent days, during which the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), one of the central agencies carrying out U.S. foreign policy, has been eviscerated.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 6 Feb. 2025
Adverb
The sense of place and time has been run over roughshod.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
The Bruins ran roughshod over the NHL this season, but the playoffs mark a different, often more unfair, season.
—Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2023
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“Roughshod.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roughshod. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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