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Around two dozen officers tread lightly and speak in hushed tones as they gather outside the block door.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

“Everyone around the primary grievers need to tread lightly,” she notes.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

New York gold contracts continued to tread water, falling slightly to around $4,340 a troy ounce.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

I could locate no source for the middle mystery, but its theatrical setting is a favorite of such series; any that last long enough will eventually tread those boards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

They did not know how to tread this new path they had chosen, and sometimes it hurt so much that Kaede had to turn her back on Taisin.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

Beyond a couple of scuff marks and some debris jammed into the treads, our sojourn had left the shoes looking much as they had when I’d first taken them off the shelf.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

Apple, like many networks, treads very carefully around topics that could be divisive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025

The product has recently been used in large window frames and also to make kitchen cabinets, furniture and the treads of internal staircases.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2025

I didn’t ever set out to be like the writer that treads in grief, but here I am.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2024

The soles, made from rubber tire treads, had already been reduced to shreds held together with a little leather and a great deal of hope.

From "A Long Walk to Water" by Linda Sue Park

In the Himalayan republic of some 30 million people, overshadowed by giant neighbours India and China, Oli previously trod a fine balance between the rivals.

From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026

Katherine Mansfield could write wonderful lines such as: “The men walked like scissors; the women trod like cats.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

This was to help protect the church, built in 1873, and to make sure no-one trod on any graves, but also because she was - and remains - a massive fan of the series.

From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025

Asian markets trod water Thursday as euphoria over the end of a record US government shutdown petered, with focus back on Federal Reserve interest rates and tech bubble worries.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025

When I trod on a squeaky board, they did not even look up.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson

The "stunning" route was nominated by Amanda Jane Baldwin, who said she has trodden the path "more times than I can count" since moving to Winscombe seven years ago.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

“We’ll likely follow the same path we’ve trodden in the United States, and so it will begin with a commercial footprint.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

If he moved to Radio 2, this would follow a well-worn path previously trodden by Chris Evans and Zoe Ball, who hosted its breakfast show having previously done the same for Radio 1.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026

Seoul has for decades trodden a fine line between China, its top trading partner, and the United States, its chief defence guarantor.

From Barron's ● Jan. 4, 2026

Basta reared up like a snake when someone has trodden on its tail.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke

The invisible labor can spill into strained marriages, chronic stress and the feeling of constantly treading water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Its Director David Aikman said that "treading water is not enough" to prevent the national debt from rising.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

The S&P 500 has been treading water for more than a month now, but beneath the surface of the U.S. equity market, big changes are taking shape.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026

“In this higher-rate environment, home price growth remains constrained, with housing largely treading water in nominal terms and falling in real terms,” said Nicholas Godec at S&P Dow Jones Indices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

There were some who looked like human women, but had skin the color of moss and lips like bark; they moved with a lissome grace, treading circles in their cages.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo