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as in intimidated
to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats
one of those gatherings at which high-pressure sales reps try to bulldoze naive people into buying time-shares
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Recent Examples of bulldozed
Several other troughs appeared to have been already filled and bulldozed over.
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Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2024
Infrastructure projects promised to repair the scar left of decades-old urban renewal projects that bulldozed Black neighborhoods.
—Lenwood V. Long, Sr., Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
But the place comes to life as museum co-founder Sandra Maria Teixeira tells of houses being bulldozed, standoffs with the police, and the victory of the 20 families who were eventually given the right to remain in the area.
—Constance Malleret, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2024
Thousands have been bulldozed to make way for sprawling solar panel fields in the Mojave Desert.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
Their original, 2,100-square-foot UCF location was bulldozed for student apartments back in 2016, then reopened on University six months later in double the space with triple the business.
—Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
Large-scale renewable energy projects have bulldozed thousands of Joshua trees at a time.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
The man and Holland were among 195 Black and Latino families whose homes were bulldozed and burned to the ground with little-to-no notice in the late 1950s and early ’60s.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2024
Chad Smith, back for another round behind the drums, bulldozed into the song as Tool’s Maynard James Keenan, in a chic black suit, handled the gritty vocals.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2024
Infrastructure projects promised to repair the scar left of decades-old urban renewal projects that bulldozed Black neighborhoods.
—Lenwood V. Long, Sr., Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
But the place comes to life as museum co-founder Sandra Maria Teixeira tells of houses being bulldozed, standoffs with the police, and the victory of the 20 families who were eventually given the right to remain in the area.
—Constance Malleret, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2024
Thousands have been bulldozed to make way for sprawling solar panel fields in the Mojave Desert.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
Their original, 2,100-square-foot UCF location was bulldozed for student apartments back in 2016, then reopened on University six months later in double the space with triple the business.
—Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
Large-scale renewable energy projects have bulldozed thousands of Joshua trees at a time.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
The man and Holland were among 195 Black and Latino families whose homes were bulldozed and burned to the ground with little-to-no notice in the late 1950s and early ’60s.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2024
Chad Smith, back for another round behind the drums, bulldozed into the song as Tool’s Maynard James Keenan, in a chic black suit, handled the gritty vocals.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bulldozed
Verb
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Older Americans — who’ve worked hard all our lives — shouldn’t be pushed out onto the streets, forced to go without sufficient food or health care due to unfortunate circumstances.—
Sherlea Dony,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Dec. 2024
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Some pushed Biden, who also did not commute the death sentences of military members, to do more.—
Sudiksha Kochi,
USA TODAY,
24 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Milligan explains that although consumers are often intimidated by new categories, there is already a familiarity with the AOC’s red wines, so their curiosity about the white really works in its favor.—
Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
23 Mar. 2025
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Many young consumers are intimidated by traditional wine culture.—
Noel Burgess,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Unfortunately for them, Steph won’t be bullied – even by paternalistic threats of being sued into oblivion.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
23 Dec. 2024
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Trans athletes feel unsafe, bullied Meanwhile, in Riverside on Thursday, advocates gathered at the Inland Empire LGBTQ+ Center.—
Rebecca Plevin,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Dec. 2024
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