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as in shuffled
to move heavily or clumsily
came stomping up the stairs and tossed her backpack on the bed
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Recent Examples of stomped
Many in Hollywood were dubious as to whether Universal and Amblin could reboot the Jurassic franchise for a third time, and birth a new trilogy more than three decades after Steven Spielberg’s dinos first stomped onto the big screen in 1993’s Jurassic Park.
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Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
People expecting a state championship rematch between Benet and Marist in the Crimson Classic finals had those plans stomped upon Saturday when Lockport ended up surprising the Redwings 29-27, 18-25, 15-10 in the semifinals.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
At that event, Claudio Castagnoli stomped Ospreay's head through a steel chair.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
The Wildcats won five in a row against the Cardinals before getting stomped 41-14 last year in Lexington.
—Marc Weiszer, The Tennessean, 19 Aug. 2025
Jenna Ortega has stomped all over the press tour for the second season of Wednesday.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2025
Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
People expecting a state championship rematch between Benet and Marist in the Crimson Classic finals had those plans stomped upon Saturday when Lockport ended up surprising the Redwings 29-27, 18-25, 15-10 in the semifinals.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
At that event, Claudio Castagnoli stomped Ospreay's head through a steel chair.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
The Wildcats won five in a row against the Cardinals before getting stomped 41-14 last year in Lexington.
—Marc Weiszer, The Tennessean, 19 Aug. 2025
Jenna Ortega has stomped all over the press tour for the second season of Wednesday.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stomped
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Over the past two months, he’s been shuffled through three detention centers despite attempts to pay a bond set by the immigration judge.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
22 Aug. 2025
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On Wednesday Ahn slowly shuffled to a bridge leading to the Korean Peninsula’s Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), pleading for permission to cross the zone – one of the most heavily militarized borders in the world – and enter North Korea.—
Gawon Bae,
CNN Money,
20 Aug. 2025
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For Swifties, that number felt serendipitous with the singer's favorite number, 13, stamped into the record.—
Bryan West,
The Tennessean,
30 Aug. 2025
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For Swifties, that number felt serendipitous with the singer's favorite number, 13, stamped into the record.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
27 Aug. 2025
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And arguing with the benefits of a difficult tuneup game can be a useless point, especially as Napier stumbled in from a practice that ran almost 10 minutes long, gearing up for USF.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 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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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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An 85-year-old man from Vienna died after he and his 82-year-old wife were reportedly trampled by a herd of cows while hiking in Austria.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
1 Sep. 2025
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Pick the stat, and TCU kicked and slapped Belichick’s team.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Sep. 2025
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Court filings show Sims kicked his girlfriend and her two kids out.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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In a new paper, researchers report that sPHENIX measured both the number and energy of particles produced when gold ions smashed together at nearly light speed.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
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For twenty years, the rage-fuelled God Kratos has smashed his way across our screens.—
Joshua Lamb,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Stomped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stomped. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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