stomp
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Carville’s reputation for colorful turns of phrase, and his tendency to stomp on any calls for the party to move left, made him a favorite of cable news programmers looking to make entertaining television.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
There is the possibility that “it’s going to stomp you, even if you’re right on value.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
The new record appeared to be following suit, with The Daily Telegraph's chief music critic Neil McCormick saying the band were "back with a pile-driving blues stomp".
From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026
Every body slap and stomp is part of the rhythm and the music of it, because it couldn’t just be where diegetic audio fades out and then there’s this great, wonderful piece.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2025
Lets his feet stomp along the shiny floor.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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She smiles, laughs, cries, makes jokes, stomps her foot, flirts and gossips about other women with a girlfriend.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
In his bedroom, Salmon growls and stomps around.
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
This is most clearly shown in Gene Kelly’s dance in the rain where he stomps in puddles and spins his umbrella.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
It is here the wrestlers, known as rikishi, will perform their leg stomps to drive away evil spirits, and where they will clap to get the attention of the gods.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2025
Her heart galumphed along with their roaring stomps, and their combined grit and determination pulsed through her.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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The green bollards seen on Bellflower Boulevard and Studebaker before the redo often get hit by cars and can resemble thick blades of stomped grass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
An alumnus stomped down the road in his blazer to St John’s to retrieve the plate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Last week, a small section of CNN and Variety’s February town hall interview with Chalamet and Matthew McConaughey broke the internet’s door down and stomped into the public consciousness.
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2026
An elephant foot bone found by archaeologists digging in southern Spain may be evidence that a troop of war elephants stomped through ancient Europe.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
I yanked up a handful and threw it on the path, then stomped on it for good measure.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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If it sued them, it might be typecast as an American agriculture giant stomping on Chinese farmers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
But more recently, a confluence of factors has made New York's coast less of a highway and more of a stomping ground.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Speaking with Realtor.com about the expansion, Serhant reveals that choosing the Lone Star State as the brokerage’s new stomping grounds was “strategic.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
They will be playing a Thunder team that drubbed them in the regular season, including a 43-point stomping just last month.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2026
The next time I see Juju, she’s stomping out of the office, saying Char better not flunk seventh grade.
From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake
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