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Earlier this year, one Iranian restaurant in Kuwait City dropped the words "Iranian cuisine" from its title -- a visible manifestation of the precarious line Iranians must now tread.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

That said, BSP will tread cautiously as oil prices regain traction, and food inflation is still vulnerable to supply-side shocks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

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

"We've been encouraged to reduce all the time by fencing cattle away from riverbanks, so they don't tread the banks and defecate in the river," said Henry Collins, of the Wylye Valley Farmers.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

It got kind of exhausting to tread water or balance on tiptoes while the rest of them planted their feet on the bottom.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 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

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

Then it rolled forward on its tank treads, across the bunker floor, to the armory cage at its opposite end.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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

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

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

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

A million colored dust-motes danced and swirled as the two mice trod the ancient stone floor.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

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

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

From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025

"It's about meeting people that have done similar things, trodden similar paths, and being able to discuss that, and laugh and joke about things that have been happening," Dr Bennett says.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2025

Beyond the creeper, the trail joined a pig-run that was wide enough and trodden enough to be a path.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

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

“Meanwhile, middle and lower income households, who are under more financial strain from high prices and weak income growth, are treading water.”

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

She had spent the last hour practicing different swimming techniques, and now she was treading water.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown