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as in shuffling
to move heavily or clumsily
came stomping up the stairs and tossed her backpack on the bed
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as in stamping
to tread on heavily so as to crush or injure
stomping the burning leaves in a vain attempt to put out the fire
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Recent Examples of stomping
That feeling solidified during their solo date, which included stomping grapes, exploring a winery and making a promise to open a special bottle of wine together one year later.
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Deirdre Durkan,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
In the grainy video, an individual is seen appearing to throw a woman to the ground in the North Philadelphia alley and then hitting her repeatedly in the head with a brick, kicking her, and stomping her face, WPVI reported.
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Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
Guests are invited to partake in the tradition of stomping grapes with their bare feet to get the juice out for creating wine.
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Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2026
Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Former San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich was at the game, as he's been for every finals game in Spurs history, albeit watching from a suite and not stomping the San Antonio sideline.
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Cbs New York Team,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
Shouting, slamming doors and feet stomping are some of the noises that concern many home bakers anxiously awaiting a baking cake.
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Bestreviews,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2026
As anyone who's come within a hundred miles of the city will tell you, Nashville is a live-music mecca, overflowing with boot-stomping, fiddle-playing entertainment.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
24 May 2026
We’re treated to a surreal sequence wherein Cassie transforms into the 50-Foot Woman, stomping all over Downtown Los Angeles like a monster movie, which all seems like a pretext for a scene where Sweeney’s giant boobs burst through the windows of a building.
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Marlow Stern,
Variety,
11 May 2026
But there’s more to Brind’Amour than the person fans see screaming and scowling behind the bench or stomping around the dressing room in a postwin video looking like some combination of Godzilla and Chris Farley’s famous Matt Foley character.
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Cory Lavalette,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
Deirdre Durkan,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
In the grainy video, an individual is seen appearing to throw a woman to the ground in the North Philadelphia alley and then hitting her repeatedly in the head with a brick, kicking her, and stomping her face, WPVI reported.
—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
Guests are invited to partake in the tradition of stomping grapes with their bare feet to get the juice out for creating wine.
—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2026
Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Former San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich was at the game, as he's been for every finals game in Spurs history, albeit watching from a suite and not stomping the San Antonio sideline.
—
Cbs New York Team,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
Shouting, slamming doors and feet stomping are some of the noises that concern many home bakers anxiously awaiting a baking cake.
—
Bestreviews,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2026
As anyone who's come within a hundred miles of the city will tell you, Nashville is a live-music mecca, overflowing with boot-stomping, fiddle-playing entertainment.
—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
24 May 2026
We’re treated to a surreal sequence wherein Cassie transforms into the 50-Foot Woman, stomping all over Downtown Los Angeles like a monster movie, which all seems like a pretext for a scene where Sweeney’s giant boobs burst through the windows of a building.
—
Marlow Stern,
Variety,
11 May 2026
But there’s more to Brind’Amour than the person fans see screaming and scowling behind the bench or stomping around the dressing room in a postwin video looking like some combination of Godzilla and Chris Farley’s famous Matt Foley character.
—
Cory Lavalette,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stomping
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Enola dutifully trudges between clues and possibilities, shuffling through crime scenes and racing around shady spaces, all of this much more paint-by-numbers than connect-the-dots.
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Colombia is trying its luck from distance, but Costa has been equal to each shot, first punching away Jefferson Lerma's rocket from the right, about 25 yards out, and then shuffling his feet to his left and catching Jhon Arias's shot from about the same distance.
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To achieve crisp dots and clean linework at home, Slynko recommends using a dotting tool and a thin detail brush, or reaching for a stamping plate.
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There’s another subtle reference to baseball in the film, again stamping its moment in time.
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Gane finished off Pereira in the second round to win the title on Sunday after sending him stumbling with a right jab followed by a hammer fist.
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But stumbling into a town with a visual landscape that still shows Guedes' thumbprint was a delight.
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Signs posted in Arabic around town encourage the Algerian players, who in turn spend their free time kicking balls around with local youths.
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Five high seasons, five harvests, five winters spent kicking rocks.
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Between the crew walking around to perform the work and branches that fall on your garden, there’s a higher risk of trampling on perennials if the work is done during the growing season.
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During the season from March to October, the shoreline is pockmarked with turtle nests that are roped off with pink tape to keep beachgoers from unknowingly trampling them.
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Imagine The Goonies with a half dozen adults tramping through the caves.
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Powell is accused of smashing the mug over the victim's head.
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France saw around 1,000 additional deaths last week at the height of its record-smashing heat wave, the country's public health agency said Sunday, as the head of the World Health Organization warned that Europe is now the fastest-warming continent and needs to do more to protect its citizens.
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“Stomping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stomping. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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