trodden

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Seoul has for decades trodden a fine line between China, its top trading partner, and the United States, its chief defence guarantor.

From Barron's • Jan. 4, 2026

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

Until then, however, humans are likely to continue their small steps into the cosmos, on a path long trodden by robotic explorers before them.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2024

As hip-hop rose from the streets to the mainstream in the 90s, the rappers and hustlers that broke through had few role models who had trodden that path before them.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2024

There was a crunch of breaking china: He had trodden on a cup of cold tea that had been sitting on the floor outside his bedroom door.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling