steamroller

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Recent Examples of steamroller Indeed, the steamroller gag reveals one of the movie's big twists! Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 16 June 2025 Ludwig takes a dart to the neck, falls several stories to the concrete, gets run over by a bus, then flattened by a steamroller and finally trampled by the USC marching band. Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025 The tariff steamroller ran over the stocks of some good companies in the first quarter and early April. John Dorfman, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025 The growing Schumer scorn underlines the party's urgent divide over how to handle President Trump's (at times legally dubious) executive steamroller. Avery Lotz, Axios, 23 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for steamroller
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juggernaut
Noun
  • Streaming had a stronger hold, down from the juggernaut first-week figure by only 55%.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 19 Oct. 2025
  • But the juggernaut is here, right on time.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Steamroller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steamroller. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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