- present participle of trample.
trampling
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The difficulty is finding a way to minimize their capacity to control territory without trampling republican values.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
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
That makes them prone to trampling, said Candace Fallon, a senior endangered species conservation biologist at science nonprofit Xerces Society.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
"We don't need humans trampling flowers to add to the list of pressures that our wildlife is already facing," he said.
From BBC ● May 10, 2026
Then—since Hector’s scream seems to work like the Bat signal—Bryce and Aurora burst out of our bedroom door, trampling all the Cheerios in their path.
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
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