trample
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People in Guernsey are being asked to "track" not "trample" Asian hornets in an effort to protect public health and the island's biodiversity.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
DeChambeau appeared to trample down long grass as he addressed his ball for a practice swing.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
It was hard squaring the hulking mass of midshipmen who would nearly trample me at Herndon with these two polite teenagers prone to nervous laughter.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
He even gets neighboring sheep farmers to bring their herds into his fields to trample the soil and eat the leftover plants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
“We need to stay calm and escort these nice people out of the building before they trample one another. Jane, if you could get their attention?”
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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Martinique official Serge Letchimy hailed a vote that he said had come "to shatter a system that tramples on the truth, absolves the guilty, and scorns the victims".
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
“We are not a nation that tramples the 4th Amendment and tolerates our neighbors being terrorized,” he said.
From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2026
But the reference, as facile as some find it, cheapens the experience of those who survived, violates the honor of those who didn’t and tramples the memories of the descendants left behind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2022
Users on the popular Sina Weibo social network have called the incident "lawless" and have posted that such behaviour "tramples on people's civil rights".
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2022
I don’t move because my cowardice tramples me, even as I try to lift my spirit from its knees.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
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Even sacred sites — with signage directing visitors away from the area — have been trampled by crowds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Shortly after coming off the course, DeChambeau is driven off to the fifth hole by rules officials to discuss whether he trampled down grass near his ball.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Then, in a separate incident, he was trampled unconscious by cattle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
And he barred the hospital from “aiding and abetting” any other party that might ask for help from these courts, including the children whose rights will be trampled by disclosure of their records.
From Slate ● May 19, 2026
On that day she saw the proud house humbled; green silk and velvet blowing out of windows, and the garden trampled by many horsemen, and the big gate open.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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Speaking about her daughters to the Telegraph in 2017, external, Law said: "They are both my colleagues in a way. They didn't follow in our footsteps, they rushed past us, trampling on us."
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
“Neither Udio, nor any other generative AI company, can be allowed to advance toward this goal by trampling the rights of copyright owners.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
He saw more trash, several guests going off trail and trampling plant life, and far fewer park rangers to tell them to stop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
His ball was found and videos surfaced of the 32-year-old American seemingly trampling down some knee-high rough behind his ball.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
A group of boys yanked the fence posts from the ground and chased each other, trampling everything underfoot.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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