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as in intimidated
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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Recent Examples of bulldozed
The mound, which had been bulldozed but painstakingly reconstructed, was eventually destroyed again for residential construction.
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Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
30 June 2026
The track is in bankruptcy proceedings to be sold to either continue as a race track or to be bulldozed in favor of real estate development.
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Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
Photos posted online now show a wide path bulldozed right through the middle of it.
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Geraldo L. Cadava,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
The military has bulldozed or demolished wide swaths of the zone, and the area, where most of Gaza’s agricultural land lies, is inaccessible to Palestinians.
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Melanie Lidman,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
The anecdote reflects the nature of royal properties at large, which are altered but rarely bulldozed and rebuilt, causing their rooms to battle the needs of current residents and the echoes of past tenants.
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Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
11 June 2026
But Breakker bulldozed the 60-year-old Heyman through the barricade.
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Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
The president bulldozed the East Wing and remade federal panels that quickly approved his ballroom project.
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Dan Diamond,
Washington Post,
26 May 2026
As for your wife’s objection, Miss Manners will point out that good manners need not mean being bulldozed by others.
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Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
9 May 2026
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
30 June 2026
The track is in bankruptcy proceedings to be sold to either continue as a race track or to be bulldozed in favor of real estate development.
—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
Photos posted online now show a wide path bulldozed right through the middle of it.
—
Geraldo L. Cadava,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
The military has bulldozed or demolished wide swaths of the zone, and the area, where most of Gaza’s agricultural land lies, is inaccessible to Palestinians.
—
Melanie Lidman,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
The anecdote reflects the nature of royal properties at large, which are altered but rarely bulldozed and rebuilt, causing their rooms to battle the needs of current residents and the echoes of past tenants.
—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
11 June 2026
But Breakker bulldozed the 60-year-old Heyman through the barricade.
—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
The president bulldozed the East Wing and remade federal panels that quickly approved his ballroom project.
—
Dan Diamond,
Washington Post,
26 May 2026
As for your wife’s objection, Miss Manners will point out that good manners need not mean being bulldozed by others.
—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
9 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bulldozed
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Earlier this week Iran also pushed back against a statement from France’s President Emmanuel Macron that said France, Oman and others would collaborate on removing mines from the strait.
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Falling oil prices and the easing of a commodities crunch have pushed countries — wary of being left exposed by another global crisis akin to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz — to shore up their stockpiles.
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The biggest hurdle, though, is simply believing the Elle Woods who learns to prove her doubters wrong at 16 would be so intimidated when faced with doing it again at 22.
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The three-time Grand Slam doubles champion has a varied game with a killer serve, and she won’t be intimidated by Świątek.
Verb
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The performance uptick that Motorola squeezed from the 2026 Razr+ is minor at best, with results showing no significant year-over-year gains.
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There was Paris squeezed between meetings on a fleeting work trip.
Verb
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They got bullied in that one, showing a tremendous lack of physicality.
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Because he was being completely bullied and demeaned and excused.
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At the time of writing, as the Marine Traffic map shows, tanker traffic is barely moving through the Strait, and many ships, unable to obtain insurance or with their owners frightened at the level of risk involved, are refusing to advance.
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But because the president has frightened Congress, Congress doesn’t raise its voice when the president puts his Albert Speer–like building project, or intends to, on Congress’s land.
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