trample
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DeChambeau appeared to trample down long grass as he addressed his ball for a practice swing.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
It was hard squaring the hulking mass of midshipmen who would nearly trample me at Herndon with these two polite teenagers prone to nervous laughter.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
Joe Middleton, Devon site manager for the Woodland Trust, said: "Stay on the path, keep your dog on a lead, use the zoom on your camera, don't trample all over them."
From BBC ● May 10, 2026
Not even the creature’s eloquence moves Victor to self-reflection: “O Frankenstein, be not equitable to every other, and trample upon me alone, to whom thy justice, and even thy clemency and affection, is most due.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
“Blaa-ha-ha! There are satyrs who would trample you underhoof for such an insult!”
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
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Martinique official Serge Letchimy hailed a vote that he said had come "to shatter a system that tramples on the truth, absolves the guilty, and scorns the victims".
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
“We are not a nation that tramples the 4th Amendment and tolerates our neighbors being terrorized,” he said.
From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2026
This Superman is all impulsive energy, much like his unhousebroken puppy, who also wears a cape and tramples on things when he tries to help.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2025
"The fascination of glow worms for me is that they are in effect magic," says ecologist Pete Cooper, as he tramples through thistles and nettles.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2023
I don’t move because my cowardice tramples me, even as I try to lift my spirit from its knees.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
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Raging at another exit, raging that when the chips were down too many of his fellow players panicked and allowed themselves to be overrun, raging at professional pride being trampled underfoot for all to see.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
And he barred the hospital from “aiding and abetting” any other party that might ask for help from these courts, including the children whose rights will be trampled by disclosure of their records.
From Slate ● May 19, 2026
From a standoff over a US Secret Service agent’s weapon to a US staffer trampled during a melee, tensions bubbled to the surface throughout Trump's visit to Beijing.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
Crowds in recent years have damaged trails, trampled plants and clogged rural roads.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
She was nearly trampled by her children, whose flight out of the living room was a headlong sprint that left no time for explanations to anyone.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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Speaking about her daughters to the Telegraph in 2017, external, Law said: "They are both my colleagues in a way. They didn't follow in our footsteps, they rushed past us, trampling on us."
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
“Neither Udio, nor any other generative AI company, can be allowed to advance toward this goal by trampling the rights of copyright owners.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
His ball was found and videos surfaced of the 32-year-old American seemingly trampling down some knee-high rough behind his ball.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The push by the county to change the law has been hotly criticized by some advocates who accuse government officials of trampling on victims’ rights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
Meggie heard him trampling up the narrow wooden staircase that led to the attic.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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