trample on

Example Sentences

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"In Italy, we don't want those who trample on human rights and act outside of any democratic control," he wrote on X.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

Still, the federal judiciary played an essential part in ensuring that state courts did not trample on voters' fundamental civil rights.

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2025

The ads have included a range of content creators, including a nun, extolling the positive impacts of the platform on their lives and arguing a ban would trample on the First Amendment.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2024

The drug companies say these rules are coercive, trample on their rights to free speech, and are unconstitutional and bad in other ways.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2023

Cecilia put the vase down and hurried over, and knelt down to retrieve the fragment before her sister began to trample on it.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan