trample

Example Sentences

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But urbanisation has seen encroachment onto these age-old grazing routes and locals accuse the Fulani of letting their cattle trample their crops and forcing them out of their homes and fields.

From BBC

Partly because I hate and fear crowds, having once been knocked to the ground and trampled while lining up to buy tickets to see The Doors in 1968.

From The Wall Street Journal

"This brazen power grab tramples on the voices of local voters and harms working families," Texas AFL-CIO President Rick Levy said in a statement.

From Salon

Three Jackson residents testified to Thomas last week that the new law tramples their rights because most Mississippi judges are elected.

From Seattle Times

"I strongly condemn this wanton violence, in which both sides have trampled international humanitarian law, notably the principles of distinction, proportionality and precaution."

From Reuters