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trample

[tram-puhl] / ˈtræm pəl /


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People in Guernsey are being asked to "track" not "trample" Asian hornets in an effort to protect public health and the island's biodiversity.

From BBC Jul. 23, 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

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

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

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

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

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

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 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

If I don’t pay attention, I’ll be trampled.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon

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

Bryson DeChambeau's two-shot penalty for trampling rough that improved the line of his swing path last Friday will not be forgotten.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Sheep have been trampling over graves and chewing up flowers at a cemetery, upsetting bereaved families with loved ones buried there.

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

A trampling down the narrow hallway, past Mitch, who looks up in surprise, but we are already out the door and down the steps before she can respond.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson




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