1. Aggressive negotiators run roughshod over opponents with little regard for their counterparts' positions.

2. Unscrupulous corporate mandarins who run roughshod over their employees, loot their shareholders, and defraud their customers?

3. In America we let rich people run roughshod over the law, pay no penance, take no responsibility and let the taxpayers shoulder the burden!

4. It is just bad PR for a mining company, for example, to run roughshod over the local communities it operates in.

5. Universal laws will eventually pull them up short, and the more they've run roughshod over peoples' lives, the harder their lesson is going to be.

6. Often, these lawsuits have been brought against land developers and local officials who have run roughshod over individuals.

7. Cabernet Sauvignon complements grilled lamb chops because they're equally vigorous, but the dish would run roughshod over a crisp white wine.

8. The actions of Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Alabama, and other Republican obstructionists will continue if President Obama allows them to run roughshod over him.