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[tred] / trɛd /




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So, Kemi Badenoch will tread the same stage ageing rockers Marillion took last month - and where sequinned soprano Katherine Jenkins will perform next week.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

It is unclear how long Burnham can tread water without calling an election and enacting the bold plans he has presented.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 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

This was the conversation Jule wanted to have, but she knew she had to tread carefully.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

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

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

Guardiola, with that freshly signed two-year contract, insists he "wants it" as he treads on this alien territory of failure.

From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2024

It moved on tank treads and had what looked like a shopping cart attached to its front.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

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

This week he has trod the boards at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, hitting two half-centuries and an unbeaten 111 as England completed a rare one-day international series win.

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 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

On a negative note for Barca, De Jong was dismissed in stoppage time for a second yellow card as he trod on Iago Aspas' foot.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2025

He went row by row till he’d trod a puzzle in the grass.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

She received the offer of a summer job at the 1,200-lawyer firm in December, putting her solidly on the path many others have trodden to a lucrative and stable career.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

The "stunning" route was nominated by Amanda Jane Baldwin, who said she has trodden the path "more times than I can count" since moving to Winscombe seven years ago.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 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

But he had never trodden on them and she had not died.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

So you’d be more or less treading water between your returns and inflation with your money stashed in cash equivalents.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

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

The invisible labor can spill into strained marriages, chronic stress and the feeling of constantly treading water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Heat and smoke, flames so bright they nearly blinded him, and a lone figure treading into the fire, pulling smoldering books from the shelves.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee


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