tread

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

I kicked and paddled, doing my best to tread water as I sucked down air, and looked around in confusion.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025

A government-backed pay rise of 4.2% for police officers in England and Wales "barely treads water", the association representing front-line officers says.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2025

The stair treads seemed to crumple under his weight and the porch planks squealed as he crossed them.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

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

Football legend Pele once trod its turf, and international sporting competitions have been held there.

From Barron's ● Mar. 31, 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

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

The road that led to Treegap had been trod out long before by a herd of cows who were, to say the least, relaxed.

From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit

“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

The flooring, believed to have been once trodden on by the playwright and actor, was discovered at St George's Guildhall in King's Lynn, Norfolk, in 2023.

From BBC ● May 16, 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

As he went on, I saw the pansies spill from his gloved hand and fall to the ground, where they were trodden by the feet of many horses and men.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

He spent two years operating the dozer in the landfill, where treading uneven ground can be physically punishing work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Paddleboarders and lifeguards could be seen around the man but did not approach him while he was treading water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 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

Jule cried, treading water and lifting Immie up as best she could.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart