trampling

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In “Weren’t for the Wind,” her second top 40 hit, she’s addicted to leaving, trampling promises underfoot in her haste to hit the road.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

The main house featured an elaborate sculpture of a stallion trampling a dragon in the roundabout out front.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 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

"Look at how the food is lying on the ground. Look! People and cars are trampling it."

From Barron's • Oct. 12, 2025

One day they were on the point of trampling Úrsula, who made an effort to be useful precisely where she was most in the way.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez