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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So is trampling on international alliances to fight climate change and pandemics and mindlessly cutting government investment in research to enable growth in entitlement spending.
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Matthew J. Slaughter, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Republicans in both the House and the Senate have shrugged as Mr. Trump has trampled on Congress’s authority and constitutional status as a check on his power.
—Annie Karni, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
And trampling of religious practices is a taboo subject for domestic news media in many, if not most, of such countries.
—Eric Freedman, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2025
Officers were called to the home multiple times that Sunday night — starting at 8:40 p.m. and extending into the 11 o'clock hour — based on neighbors' disturbance reports, including claims that young attendees were trampling over their property, police said in the affidavits.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2025
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Matthew J. Slaughter, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Republicans in both the House and the Senate have shrugged as Mr. Trump has trampled on Congress’s authority and constitutional status as a check on his power.
—Annie Karni, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
And trampling of religious practices is a taboo subject for domestic news media in many, if not most, of such countries.
—Eric Freedman, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2025
Officers were called to the home multiple times that Sunday night — starting at 8:40 p.m. and extending into the 11 o'clock hour — based on neighbors' disturbance reports, including claims that young attendees were trampling over their property, police said in the affidavits.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Trample.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trample. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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