roughshod

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Recent Examples of roughshod Other states must keep education bureaucrats from running roughshod over policy-makers and the public. David Randall, National Review, 10 Feb. 2023 He was replaced by Iaroslav Niagu, who struggled to do much better, as Washington big man Braxton Meah ran roughshod in the paint early on. Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2023 The Eagles collectively ran roughshod over the 49ers and New York Giants (in the divisional round) by a collective score of 69-14, surrendering 391 total yards while pitching shutouts in six of eight postseason quarters. Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2023 The Pioneers ran roughshod on North Ridgeville in their 42-6 road win, as Lance Glover Jr. and Jaden Gilbert each scored twice on a combined 15 touches. Matt Goul, cleveland, 2 Oct. 2022 See All Example Sentences for roughshod
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roughshod
Adverb
  • Jane’s fiercely unforgiving tone was adopted by militant Irish nationalists for whom the famine stood as the ultimate proof of English perfidy.
    Fintan O'Toole, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
  • In a fiercely divided country, many saw the cutbacks through their own political lens.
    Matt Sedensky, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • In both 1996 and 2000, Steve campaigned vigorously for the Republican nomination for the Presidency.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
  • That alignment has been vigorously opposed by the Del Mar Fairgrounds, which recently decided to pause discussions with the city of Del Mar on a separate affordable housing project on fairgrounds property until the city opposes an alignment that includes fairgrounds property.
    Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • Meanwhile, the Trump administration is not actually standing up to China at all forcefully.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Since asking nicely has not worked, the new policy direction from the Trump administration is to ask more forcefully.
    Jason Schenker, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025

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“Roughshod.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roughshod. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.

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