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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

They’re lacing up their Clouds to tread one of the finest lines in business: becoming more popular without becoming any less premium.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 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

She had been alone with him many times at the swimming hole where he taught her one summer how to tread water and do the breaststroke.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Because their iconic treads do look like bubbles, and who wouldn’t want to walk on that?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

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

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

As Guardiola treads water at Manchester City we are waiting to find out where the sport goes next.

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2025

The central staircase, marble with brass banisters, decorated with fresh flowers in summer and wreaths in winter, was missing treads.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

Bush trod a delicate diplomatic line during his August 2008 trip, as human rights groups called for a tough stance on China's rule of Tibet, arrests of dissidents and Internet censorship.

From Barron's ● May 15, 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

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

When the maids trod in the puddles on the floor, they made a slashing noise, and from the next room there was whispering mixed with the secret noise of silk.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

“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

The path to investment success is easy to find because it’s well trodden and simple.

From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025

"Fans distract and intimidate opposition players - even more so in derbies - and this is where the line can be trodden over," he says.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2025

To the east, always the trains move to the east, beyond the rims of the hills; they go to the huge trodden borderlands of the front.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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

UC officials say they are treading carefully, knowing their debate on testing could later be turned against the university.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 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 kind of a treading water labor market, so it’s not in a bad place, but it’s not in a great place either,” he said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

This one was louder and more pointed, as though he was finally treading the territory she hoped he would.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner