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Accordingly, Judge Poland entered a default judgment into the record, which gave Midland Credit Management the right to tread on his bank account and garnish his wages.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

That metric is currently signaling that investors should tread carefully, Opsal said in a phone interview Monday.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

Starmer promised a politics that “would tread more lightly on voters’ lives” and would be guided by moderate policies aimed at fine-tuning the state rather than overhauling it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

The 24-year-old died after his car, which had insufficient tyre tread, left the A34 near Manchester and rolled before landing on its side on 26 May 2025.

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

I found a piece of tread, made a mat out of it, and fastened it to the back.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

Her creations include recycled car tires—symbols of the capital’s traffic-clogged modern life—with sides and treads imprinted with gilded Aztec symbols, including the flying feathered serpent-god Quetzalcoatl.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

While the amateurs pushed 40 mph on the 1/8 scale model racetrack, that Sunday morning in March, the pros waited in the pits, supergluing new treads on their tires.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2025

The parade this Saturday is said to cost $45 million, not counting the expense of disrupting much of the city for four days and repairing the damage done by tank treads.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2025

"We will reach net zero in a way that treads lightly on people's lives, not telling them how to live or behave," said the prime minister's official spokesman.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2025

The treads were worn and so uneven that Meggie stumbled at every other step.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke

EU trade ministers meeting in Brussels Friday trod a fine line, stressing that the EU-China relationship was important, but more balance was needed.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

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

Tourists have long come here, whether to day-trip through hiking trails where prophets once trod or visit the village’s different churches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025

Hazel and Jack crossed through the empty doorway into the rotting shell of the first floor and trod gently up the stairs, stepping over the ones that had already given themselves to the rot.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

“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

He followed a path trodden by other youngsters from elite liberal families, attending the elite Bronx High School of Science followed by Bowdoin College in Maine, a university seen as a bastion of progressive thought.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2025

Self-funded for much of her teenage years, Kartal's route to professional tennis was not the most well trodden, while she also did not pick up a racquet for two years because of injury.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2025

Some of those will cover ground trodden in his successful Mirror Group case in 2023 and, just like in that case, he will give evidence in person.

From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2025

He could almost smell the trodden grass, the blossom from the orchard.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

Actors, writers, production staff and movie fans are still resistant to the overuse of AI and defining when and where it is acceptable, so studios are treading lightly, said AI film studio CEO Mooser.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 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

The American collegiate system is a popular route for British players, with Cameron Norrie and Jacob Fearnley also treading that path.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 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

“It’s time to wake everyone up for vitals,” he says, treading down the hall.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini