as in to stomp
to tread on heavily so as to crush or injure
Isabel looked out her window and beheld the neighbor's Labrador retriever trampling her begonias
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But there on the far end sat an alternate, his dream trampled and his heart broken.
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Candace Buckner, Washington Post, 30 June 2024
During the same period, J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI regularly trampled civil rights and engaged in black-bag jobs for presidents that included secret surveillance of U.S. citizens, again with no congressional oversight or judicial intervention.
—John Sipher, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
In the early years of the tournament, ponies and horses were used to level the surface of the grass to a pristine standard by pulling a large roller, even wearing leather boots so as not to trample the freshly smooth surface or damage the grass.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 13 July 2024
Reports trickled in that the animals were trampling farmland, attacking cattle and menacing fishing boats.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024
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Candace Buckner, Washington Post, 30 June 2024
During the same period, J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI regularly trampled civil rights and engaged in black-bag jobs for presidents that included secret surveillance of U.S. citizens, again with no congressional oversight or judicial intervention.
—John Sipher, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
In the early years of the tournament, ponies and horses were used to level the surface of the grass to a pristine standard by pulling a large roller, even wearing leather boots so as not to trample the freshly smooth surface or damage the grass.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 13 July 2024
Reports trickled in that the animals were trampling farmland, attacking cattle and menacing fishing boats.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024
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“Trample.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trample. Accessed 29 Sep. 2024.
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