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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
On the second floor, there are still some rustic '70s-style futon mattresses built into roughshod beds.
—Chloe Schama, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2025
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2026
Brock runs roughshod over Canyon to advance Brock broke open a close game with 12 runs in the fourth inning to run rule Canyon 16-2 in 5 innings in Game 2 on Friday to sweep the Class 4A Division II series that was held at Lubbock Christian University.
—Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 May 2026
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Adjective
But would even the biggest box-office bump justify such roughshod mistreatment of primary material?
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
On the second floor, there are still some rustic '70s-style futon mattresses built into roughshod beds.
—Chloe Schama, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2025
Adverb
Florida was never governed as badly as now, not even by the rural Democratic Pork Chop Gang that ran roughshod over the state until the late 1960s.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2026
Brock runs roughshod over Canyon to advance Brock broke open a close game with 12 runs in the fourth inning to run rule Canyon 16-2 in 5 innings in Game 2 on Friday to sweep the Class 4A Division II series that was held at Lubbock Christian University.
—Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 May 2026
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“Roughshod.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roughshod. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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