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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

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

Investors eager to tap into the battery boom, however, should tread carefully.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

This includes fully working lights and electrics, tyres in good condition with sufficient tread and the overall condition of the vehicle.

From BBC ● May 23, 2026

His tread into the living room is long and slow.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

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

Instead of tech stocks rising broadly, you might see chip-maker stocks start to heat up, or perhaps gold stocks may outperform while the broader commodities sector treads water.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2026

"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

Government investigators said the steel treads of the excavator struck rock and caused ignition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2024

He watches as she ascends quickly up the stoop with her shopping bags, her heels suspended over the treads in a way that looks precarious.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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

Now, to help round out its pipeline, Pfizer is looking to China, following the path trod by many of its peers in recent months.

From Barron's ● Dec. 9, 2025

Amid this legal and institutional tug-of-war, the Spanish federation offered its support, while the government trod cautiously through the regulatory maze, waiting to see how events unfolded.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2025

“Miss Forcible talks about her Ophelia, but it was my Portia they came to see. When we trod the boards.”

From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman

But when he joined the Reds in 2017, he was all too aware of the legacy of some great Scots who had trodden the same path before him.

From BBC ● May 23, 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

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

This pathway is now so well trodden as to have become a trope: the male feminist who deeply, appallingly wasn’t.

From Slate ● Jan. 17, 2025

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

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke

"There is a sense that the candidates are treading carefully to avoid offending the US and other veto powers."

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 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

"But to be polarising is to be talked about and to be cared about, and I think I'd always rather that than be constantly treading on eggshells and trying to dictate how people perceive you."

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

The May employment report, due Friday, will offer more clues on whether a broad rebound in hiring is under way — or whether the labor market is just treading water.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026

I noticed that Dionysus was treading on air, his polished black shoes hovering an inch off the ground.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan