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Once the steamrollers evened out the crushed limestone track, a final coat of a coal tar binding agent was applied and the track was ready for racing.
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Dawn Mitchell, The Indianapolis Star, 22 May 2024
As a social-climbing hustler trying to gain access to an exclusive country club, Kristen Wiig plays Palm Royale’s Maxine like a steamroller.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2024
On one side, responses included creatives like Hugh Grant and anyone who spotted a slightly-too-on-the-nose representation of Big Tech’s steamroller approach to art, copyright, and the past, powered by the might of generative AI tools.
—Richard Lawler, The Verge, 16 May 2024
Samuel Beckett compared his style to a steamroller—a serene steamroller.
—Joy Williams, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
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Dawn Mitchell, The Indianapolis Star, 22 May 2024
As a social-climbing hustler trying to gain access to an exclusive country club, Kristen Wiig plays Palm Royale’s Maxine like a steamroller.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2024
On one side, responses included creatives like Hugh Grant and anyone who spotted a slightly-too-on-the-nose representation of Big Tech’s steamroller approach to art, copyright, and the past, powered by the might of generative AI tools.
—Richard Lawler, The Verge, 16 May 2024
Samuel Beckett compared his style to a steamroller—a serene steamroller.
—Joy Williams, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
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“Steamroller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steamroller. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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