bulldozed

past tense of bulldoze

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Recent Examples of bulldozed Three existing office buildings known as BR8 would be bulldozed for the development, executives said. George Avalos, Mercury News, 6 July 2026 More than 500 homes and businesses in the historically Black neighborhood of Parramore were taken through eminent domain and bulldozed to build the interstate. Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026 The mound, which had been bulldozed but painstakingly reconstructed, was eventually destroyed again for residential construction. Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026 The track is in bankruptcy proceedings to be sold to either continue as a race track or to be bulldozed in favor of real estate development. Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026 Photos posted online now show a wide path bulldozed right through the middle of it. Geraldo L. Cadava, The Atlantic, 20 June 2026 The military has bulldozed or demolished wide swaths of the zone, and the area, where most of Gaza’s agricultural land lies, is inaccessible to Palestinians. Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026 The anecdote reflects the nature of royal properties at large, which are altered but rarely bulldozed and rebuilt, causing their rooms to battle the needs of current residents and the echoes of past tenants. Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 11 June 2026 But Breakker bulldozed the 60-year-old Heyman through the barricade. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bulldozed
Verb
  • Scheduling conflicts when the Dodgers played the Nationals in Washington on April 3-5 pushed back the trip.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
  • Sheriff John Ledbetter has pushed back on suggestions his office is moving too slowly, saying his department shares the family's goal and asking the public for patience, according to ABC News.
    Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 10 July 2026
Verb
  • Don’t be intimidated by the random Amazon shoe brands—most of the time, the quality and price is there.
    Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 12 July 2026
  • McDonald, a former lobster boat captain, was not intimidated.
    Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026
Verb
  • But if rates stay high for an extended period, more marginal borrowers can be squeezed by interest servicing costs.
    Hugh Leask, CNBC, 14 July 2026
  • Others in Stuyimby came through the experience of watching their parents get squeezed by the market.
    Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 13 July 2026
Verb
  • Bang-geul was bullied by her older half-siblings, who looked down on their younger sister because of her mom’s former status as a domestic employee.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 6 July 2026
  • This was a rabid, partisan home-soil advantage that flat-out bullied the squad into surviving.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • At the time of writing, as the Marine Traffic map shows, tanker traffic is barely moving through the Strait, and many ships, unable to obtain insurance or with their owners frightened at the level of risk involved, are refusing to advance.
    Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • But because the president has frightened Congress, Congress doesn’t raise its voice when the president puts his Albert Speer–like building project, or intends to, on Congress’s land.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026

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“Bulldozed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulldozed. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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