trample

The rodents have scent glands on their feet and trample on their droppings to mark their territory.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 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

One running gag involves the hotel’s irritation at the nearby goats who trample on the hoods of parked cars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

The FPA called on the police to "immediately take action against the officers involved in this unprovoked assault and to act in the future to safeguard press freedoms, rather than trample upon them."

From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026

For a moment, as the horse lunged, he feared she would indeed trample him.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander

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

“A regime that tramples on human rights cannot under any circumstances be recognized,” she said in a statement.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 2022

Users on the popular Sina Weibo social network have called the incident "lawless" and have posted that such behaviour "tramples on people's civil rights".

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2022

William sees it, spins around, and nearly tramples Jeanne and Jacob—and me.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

The Panthers were trampled by Tampa Bay, giving up 258 yards on the ground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 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

An alarming study published in 2025 found that a population of rare galaxy frogs disappeared from the Western Ghats after photographers trampled over their delicate forest floor habitat.

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

They would be trampled except that the people behind them have now also seen the stampede.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

The difficulty is finding a way to minimize their capacity to control territory without trampling republican values.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 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

He saw more trash, several guests going off trail and trampling plant life, and far fewer park rangers to tell them to stop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

That makes them prone to trampling, said Candace Fallon, a senior endangered species conservation biologist at science nonprofit Xerces Society.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

We sprint back to my house, cutting through lawns and trampling a few flowerbeds.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller