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
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
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
Knowing she wouldn’t stand by to watch cattle trample our crops, my fear turned to confusion and I sidled up to Ma.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
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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
“It tramples on students’ rights,” Bonta told reporters.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2023
But the reference, as facile as some find it, cheapens the experience of those who survived, violates the honor of those who didn’t and tramples the memories of the descendants left behind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2022
William sees it, spins around, and nearly tramples Jeanne and Jacob—and me.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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USC was trampled throughout by a Rutgers offense which, heading into Saturday, had an interception on more than 10% of its passes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 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
She pounced on it, saw a flower she had trampled, and ran up the heave to it.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
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"When I was on the floor, people were trampling me," the 30-year-old told the BBC.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 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
“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
They can see nothing now, but they hear trampling underneath them, and the ear-hurting other sounds fade.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
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