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bulldozing

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verb

present participle of bulldoze

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bulldozing
Noun
  • As trans culture vlogger Jessie Earl points out, trans people themselves are at much higher risk of experiencing doxxing, bullying, and harassment than cisgender people.
    Aja Romano, Vox, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Psychological Harm: The Lingering Shadows The psychological scars of workplace bullying can be long-lasting.
    Jason Walker PsyD, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • That presents some planning opportunities, including possibly pushing some SALT payments into 2026.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • 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
Verb
  • Relapse is alluring, Bart is intimidating, and Son is mysterious.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • The Fed's most potent weapon against inflation is to ratchet up or maintain higher interest rates, because an increase in borrowing costs slows economic demand, which eases inflationary pressures.
    Alain Sherter, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2025
  • After wriggling away from pressure, Watkins’ strike deflected off Schar and past Nick Pope in goal.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • What went cruelly overlooked was the larger effect of such coercion: lasting trauma for Schneider, whose outspokenness over the years about her experience typically went unnoticed.
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025
  • The latest findings add to a growing list of evidence of deeply rooted, widespread malpractice and coercion in what the commission called a mass exportation of children to meet foreign demand.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Critics of Cambodia’s rulers are framed as threats to peace and unity.
    Sophal Ear, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Combs had offered up to $50 million to wait for his trial from his home on Star Island, but prosecutors insisted the musician was a threat to witnesses and victims.
    Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Heat center Bam Adebayo was a menace on the defensive end with two steals and five blocks.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2025
  • That leaves Jared Dawson, who looked like a menace on the interior, able to play quicker than his 300-pound frame would suggest possible.
    Pete Sampson, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Abby’s friends are nervous, even disgusted at this point, horrified at her capacity for violence.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • More than 1,700 people have been killed this year— 1,086 in February and March, according to the U.N. — in violence fueled by criminal groups trying to expand their territorial control and overthrow the government.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Bulldozing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulldozing. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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