tread
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Investors do need to tread cautiously when it comes to small-cap investing, though.
From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026
Starmer promised a politics that “would tread more lightly on voters’ lives” and would be guided by moderate policies aimed at fine-tuning the state rather than overhauling it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
"We've been encouraged to reduce all the time by fencing cattle away from riverbanks, so they don't tread the banks and defecate in the river," said Henry Collins, of the Wylye Valley Farmers.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Investors eager to tap into the battery boom, however, should tread carefully.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
We put on his ruffled Sunday suit and I tell him that we are expecting a sweet angel and where angels tread, the hosts must be as beautiful as floating hibiscus.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
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