trodden
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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
"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
The lawn, the grounds were trodden and waste: the portal yawned void.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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