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

He even gets neighboring sheep farmers to bring their herds into his fields to trample the soil and eat the leftover plants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 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

She tried not to trample their fragile growth.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry

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

Rémy walks beside the chair as it tramples over lightly frosted ground.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Even sacred sites — with signage directing visitors away from the area — have been trampled by crowds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Shortly after coming off the course, DeChambeau is driven off to the fifth hole by rules officials to discuss whether he trampled down grass near his ball.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 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

There wasn’t a sea breeze anywhere near him, and if there had been one, it would have been trampled into the dust of Parker Head until it wasn’t anything but a puff or two.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

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

They were under strict instructions from Soils Solutions to avoid trampling the new lawn for six months.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

"They're just trampling over all of the graves, destroying the flowers, eating the flowers and leaving a mess behind," said David.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 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

Slowly, trampling the fallen, he rode forth, heeding no longer any dart.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien