trample on
Example Sentences
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The rodents have scent glands on their feet and trample on their droppings to mark their territory.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
"In Italy, we don't want those who trample on human rights and act outside of any democratic control," he wrote on X.
From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026
The drug companies say these rules are coercive, trample on their rights to free speech, and are unconstitutional and bad in other ways.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2023
Post-summit comments by Putin and his officials indicated that Moscow wasn’t going to openly trample on the sanctions and instead could try to keep an arms deal with Pyongyang secret.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
Rather than trample on the innocent feline, Annette attempted to do a little leap over said animal, while balancing about forty-seven cans of cat food in her arms.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
