trampling

Example Sentences

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The push by the county to change the law has been hotly criticized by some advocates who accuse government officials of trampling on victims’ rights.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 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

"I imagined tearing off my veil, trampling it, ripping it, burning it," she writes -- which she did at the World Championship in Moscow in December 2019.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

Large herds of fallow deer cause problems for arable farmers throughout the year, too, trampling freshly planted crops in the spring and then returning to nibble their way through the fields ahead of harvest time.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2025

There was nothing to do but start running again, with the others trampling with stronger will around me.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles