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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
The Wildcats won five in a row against the Cardinals before getting stomped 41-14 last year in Lexington.
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Marc Weiszer, The Tennessean, 19 Aug. 2025
They are considered so destructive that some states have launched campaigns urging residents to stomp them on sight.
—Kailey Schuyler, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2025
No velvet rope, no fourth wall—just boot-stomping, beer-sign neon and crowd-absorption tech.
—Bob Bonniol, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
Rob placed first in every single stage, except for stomping a plank to send three items up into a basket, which Amber Brkich won with three straight shots.
—EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Marc Weiszer, The Tennessean, 19 Aug. 2025
They are considered so destructive that some states have launched campaigns urging residents to stomp them on sight.
—Kailey Schuyler, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2025
No velvet rope, no fourth wall—just boot-stomping, beer-sign neon and crowd-absorption tech.
—Bob Bonniol, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
Rob placed first in every single stage, except for stomping a plank to send three items up into a basket, which Amber Brkich won with three straight shots.
—EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stomp
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His terse sendoff denies Dexter the satisfaction of closure and forgiveness, shattering his former colleague’s world before shuffling off it.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
29 Aug. 2025
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There’s constant cleaning, shuffling and mewling as staff and volunteers at the Papago Park Campus make sure the kittens are bottle-fed every four hours, 24 hours a day.—
Dina Kaur,
AZCentral.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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More on the nanoimprint lithography (NIL) Nanoimprint lithography (NIL) is like stamping patterns onto a film, but at a microscopic level.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
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At a nearby table, Joe Hernandez of Mas Paz Leather offered kids the chance to stamp their initials onto leather keychains.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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Closer Bryan Abreu stumbled but has earned the benefit of the doubt with the dominance he’s displayed.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Exposure to harmful content is another risk as studies show that teens are more likely than adults to stumble upon self-harm imagery or extremist propaganda.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Outside what is today a parking garage, a group of Union soldiers — unarmed and asleep in tents — were trampled by horses and murdered by Quantrill’s raiders.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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Even the paper’s biggest triumph—which, without giving too much away, brings it into direct conflict with its toilet-paper stablemate—involves a farcically immoral compromise that tramples the church-state divide between news and product sales (and, worse, isn’t all that funny).—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
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For example, Doak kicked on so impressively at Middlesbrough in 2024-25 that his value increased to the point that Bournemouth paid £25m for him.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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The Tigers’ kicking game would appear to remain in good hands, as Meyer was rated as a five-star prep recruit by Chris Sailer Kicking.—
Maddie Hartley,
Kansas City Star,
3 Sep. 2025
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The bathroom in the apartment, as in most floor-throughs, was off the bedroom in the rear of the flat, meaning guests had to tramp through the kitchen and bedroom in order to get to it.—
Nicholas Pileggi,
Curbed,
15 Aug. 2025
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Teams hike across waterways, tramp under overpasses and scour parks for signs of tents.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 June 2025
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Seconds later, a black BMW M4 sailed through a concrete divider, veered into the southbound lanes and smashed into an oncoming car, according to a Los Angeles Times report citing the California Highway Patrol.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
1 Sep. 2025
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Dollars Out Require Dollars In With the close of the league’s incoming window earlier this month, MLS smashed its previous record for outlay on new players, with 30 clubs combining to spend roughly $336 million in deals during the league’s two 2025 windows.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Stomp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stomp. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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