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as in to shuffle
to move heavily or clumsily
came stomping up the stairs and tossed her backpack on the bed
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Recent Examples of stomp
Paranoid – Black Sabbath If Black Sabbath was the birth of doom, Paranoid was the moment the monster lurched to its feet, six stories tall and stomping toward the future of heavy music.
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Darryn King, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
And in the end, the untouched bread is stomped into the ground.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Balor stomped Mysterio, seemingly signaling a forthcoming break-up of the two longtime partners.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2025
The family heard plates and glasses shatter — and then boots stomping up the stairs.
—Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025
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Darryn King, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
And in the end, the untouched bread is stomped into the ground.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Balor stomped Mysterio, seemingly signaling a forthcoming break-up of the two longtime partners.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2025
The family heard plates and glasses shatter — and then boots stomping up the stairs.
—Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stomp
Verb
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Bemused tourists attempt to shuffle through the acrid red and blue flare smoke.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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All of those departures except for Stark came before the draft, meaning Paton was left to shuffle the chairs and adjust on the fly to ensure the Broncos were prepared.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
16 May 2025
Verb
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The coins are stamped with dates ranging from 1808 to 1915.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 May 2025
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The letter — dated and stamped by Mexican postal services with its delivery day, Jan. 4, 2023 — did not arrive until after his hearing.—
Jack Herrera Jack Herrera,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Meanwhile, the only truly happy artist in Ira’s friend group — played to uproarious perfection by Stanley Tucci — isn’t even much of an artist at all but a shameless name-dropper who seems to stumble into constant success without even trying.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
9 May 2025
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Still, many times, most seasoned and skilled leaders stumble from time to time.—
Phil Portman,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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This is a disastrous strategy that ensures that Trump will trample on one victim after another.—
David Brooks,
Mercury News,
23 Apr. 2025
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The barbarians are all those who hate human nature, all those who trample upon the sense of the sacred, all those who do not value life, all those who rebel against God the Creator of man and nature.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
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The manager shouted at Emiliano Martinez to kick long and hoped to take PSG back to Villa Park with only a one-goal deficit.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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But even that season’s team hardly ever practiced on the field, and in recent years it’s been used only by the team’s kicking specialist and as a spot where rehabbing players work out on the side.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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In the right of the picture, a platoon of soldiers, heavily armed and preceded by a pair of gun carriages, tramp through a defile.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2025
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But because of its delicate nature, would-be visitors have to enter a daily lottery to get a permit, helping limit the number of people tramping over the sandstone.—
Mindy Sink,
Denver Post,
2 Apr. 2025
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The crash came a little over a year after the Dali, a 984-foot-long cargo ship, lost power while departing Baltimore’s harbor and smashed into the Key Bridge, killing six people and destroying critical infrastructure.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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During a Freshman All-American season at Sac State in 2023, Smith smashed 14 home runs and nine doubles to go with 45 RBIs.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
18 May 2025
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“Stomp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stomp. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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