trodden

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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

As a teenage travelling reserve for Saracens, he spent a coach trip to Newcastle composing poetry., external More recently he has trodden the catwalk as a model.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2025

The cables came into being in the late 1800s, after celebrated geologist Josiah Whitney proclaimed the 8,800-foot summit of Half Dome “perfectly inaccessible” and declared it would “never be trodden by human foot.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2024

The path from under-21s manager to caretaker boss of the senior team is well trodden, with Howard Wilkinson, Stuart Pearce and Southgate all stepping up after taking charge of the Young Lions.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2024

Harry leapt into the air; he’d trodden on something big and squashy on the doormat — something alive!

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling