trampled

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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

From a standoff over a US Secret Service agent’s weapon to a US staffer trampled during a melee, tensions bubbled to the surface throughout Trump's visit to Beijing.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

An alarming study published in 2025 found that a population of rare galaxy frogs disappeared from the Western Ghats after photographers trampled over their delicate forest floor habitat.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

One morning in July 1992, Raynella said, she found him dead in their cattle corral, a hoofprint on the chest of his overalls, apparently knocked down and trampled as he fed the herd.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

As to my own will or conscience, impassioned grief had trampled one and stifled the other.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë