trampling
Example Sentences
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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
“We feel deeply that this is an open defiance and trampling of justice and the rule of law,” representatives of Zion Church said in a letter this week.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
Hanson sees potential harm from foreign seed not adapted to the micro-climate, the contamination by nursery fungi and disruption of the native soil by planting crews trampling around.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
Only thing is, it went trampling around in agony and squashed half the real eggs — they took marks off for that, he wasn’t supposed to do any damage to them.”
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
