stomped

past tense of stomp

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Recent Examples of stomped On Monday night, a 39-year-old man wearing a Spurs jersey was stomped and punched after Game 3 while walking down West 47th Street, about 15 blocks from the arena. Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 14 June 2026 It's been 33 years since Jurassic Park first stomped into theaters, and blockbusters haven't been the same since. Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026 Two suspects are being sought in a horrific homicide in which police allege a mother of four was beaten with bricks and stomped to death during a robbery in North Philadelphia. Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 10 June 2026 The emphasis on winning to keep kids signed up and continue making money has stomped creativity out of American players, who are encouraged to play safely to ensure results instead of developing a players’ feel for the game. Andy Yamashita, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 June 2026 Evidence presented at trial showed Wallace threw the victim to the ground, repeatedly punched and stomped him, and searched his pockets before taking his wallet and other belongings, the DA’s office said. Bay City News Service, Mercury News, 30 May 2026 The accordionist stomped sideways under the stage lights, sweat running down his temples, looking like Angus Young sans schoolboy shorts. Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026 Finally, after my sister had been hacking away for three minutes or so, one man stood, stared, anger evident on his face, and stomped away. Tom Levenson, Time, 20 May 2026 James, 83, was stomped to death in April 2019. Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 20 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stomped
Verb
  • One Wednesday evening in May, at the boutique hotel Dream Hollywood — located just off the Walk of Fame — a young hotel staff member shuffled over to her co-worker to discuss a special guest on the top floor.
    Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • Overshadowed by the Folarin Balogun mess is how impressively Rudi Garcia shuffled his midfield and organized his tactics to perfectly counter how Mauricio Pochettino’s USMNT wanted to play.
    Stuart James, New York Times, 7 July 2026
Verb
  • Of course, controlling shareholders are not cartons of milk stamped with expiration dates.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 6 July 2026
  • The Derya Arms shotgun was stamped that that it was manufactured in the country of Turkey, according to FBI agents who searched the home.
    Logan Smith, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • One day, in Korea, near the Chosin Reservoir, his marine division stumbled into a surprise attack by a hundred thousand Chinese infantry.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
  • Chipmakers have stumbled as some investors are taking profits after strong rallies.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 9 July 2026
Verb
  • The crush of mourners led to at least eight people being trampled to death, according to the Associated Press.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 3 July 2026
  • Even Karp’s more intelligible arguments are quickly trampled over as additional intrusive thoughts took the wheel.
    Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • In anticipation of the birth of his son, Ferguson had kicked a nagging heroin habit, trading his addiction to drugs for an infatuation with activism.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
  • Lowering the bar to entry Powar kicked the conversation off by explaining that AI is making advanced cyber capabilities available to far more people than ever before.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
Verb
  • The pair’s snow boots tramped the nearly week-old Kansas City snow, two candles clutched in their small hands.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Virginia Woolf tramped along the Cornish coast; Oliver Sacks was known to swim; Haruki Murakami is an accomplished runner.
    Bonnie Tsui, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The Marlins smashed 12 home runs against the A’s, their most ever in a three-game series.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026
  • Two of the attackers then smashed the windshield of the news van with a parking cone and damaged the camera before leaving the scene.
    Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 2 July 2026

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“Stomped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stomped. Accessed 14 Jul. 2026.

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