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as in intimidating
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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as in bullying
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bulldozing
Verb
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With the MacBook Air launching earlier than the iPhone SE and ahead of the next Apple Intelligence update, this points to a press release launch and Apple pushing its consumer laptops further into the background.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024 -
That presents some planning opportunities, including possibly pushing some SALT payments into 2026.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Relapse is alluring, Bart is intimidating, and Son is mysterious.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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While the market’s recent volatility can be intimidating, experts generally recommend investors focus on their long-term goals.—
Ana Teresa Solá,
CNBC,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But community members like Davis say the program blurs the boundaries of school and church and could lead to bullying or ostracization of students who opt out of the program.—
Keely Doll,
The Courier-Journal,
7 Aug. 2025
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The new state law also prohibits students from using their phones during lunch and other free periods, when bullying may be more common, whereas many schools that banned devices in the past only did so during class time.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Tina’s decision to leave the U.S. unfolded against the broader backdrop of mounting political pressure against immigration.—
Sam Wolson,
New Yorker,
7 Aug. 2025
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Downtown Home & Garden, a century-old staple in Ann Arbor’s retail landscape, will close its doors for good on Dec. 24, citing unsustainable financial pressures, including rising rent, declining consumer spending and lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Nour Rahal,
Freep.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In Monday’s order, the court stressed extensive evidence of Combs assaulting two former long-term girlfriends, among other things indicating his inclination toward violence, coercion and subjugation.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Aug. 2025
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Margo is a magnetic queen bee, a woman who runs her social circle through a mixture of coercion and seduction, and Sophie’s immediately drawn to her.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
22 July 2025
Noun
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Of all the threats to their title defence, grief is perhaps the most unpredictable.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
12 Aug. 2025
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Renee Pesci, executive director of the Arts & Business Council of Miami, says that with the latest threats, the arts community has been mobilizing — organizing to show up at budget meetings and requesting meetings with the mayor and county commissioners.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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That jumpy, unpredictable quality runs throughout the film as father and daughter flee from one shelter to another, their journey gathering urgency and menace with each new interaction.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
1 Aug. 2025
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Forget potholes and housing affordability — Comic-Con murals are the real menace.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 July 2025
Noun
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The lawsuit, which was filed July 31 in Wayne County Circuit Court, did not mention specific past incidents of violence.—
Andrea May Sahouri,
Freep.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Jose Javier Romero-Hernandez, a Mexican citizen, was convicted of first-degree burglary, domestic assault and battery by strangulation, domestic assault with a dangerous weapon, threatening an act of violence, and malicious injury or destruction of property in Oklahoma.—
Louis Casiano , Bill Melugin,
FOXNews.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Bulldozing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulldozing. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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