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as in shuffled
to move heavily or clumsily
tramped wearily up the stairs after a long day at work
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as in strolled
to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure
we would have happily tramped through the forest for the rest of the day if it hadn't started to rain
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Recent Examples of tramped
The pair’s snow boots tramped the nearly week-old Kansas City snow, two candles clutched in their small hands.
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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.
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Bonnie Tsui,
The Atlantic,
20 Jan. 2026
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.
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Bonnie Tsui,
The Atlantic,
20 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tramped
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The resulting 6° to 7° C of global warming shuffled the makeup of plant and dinosaur species on land and caused a mass extinction of corals and other marine species.
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The company has since shuffled several leaders, including naming a new human resources chief and the company’s first chief digital officer.
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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.
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It's been 33 years since Jurassic Park first stomped into theaters, and blockbusters haven't been the same since.
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To my surprise, Conway showed up, walking Clyde; Bores strolled past me in a dark suit.
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Others strolled barefoot through the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, named after a courageous man who fought for freedom, not for presidents.
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Once seen as the Fox News for the next generation of conservatives, the Daily Wire has stumbled over the last several years.
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Through a connection, Jobs stumbled upon what was then the computer animation division of Star Wars creator George Lucas’ production company Lucasfilm and was immediately impressed, wrote Walter Isaacson in his biography of the Apple cofounder.
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Thursday’s mail was hand-stamped upon delivery.
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Caglianone stamped his homecoming in a powerful way.
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Those who wandered alone did not.
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After the good Samaritan got him off the woman, witnesses say the man wandered to produce and began attacking a 16-year-old boy, but Garbe had followed him.
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Kyle Teel walked and then Andrew Benintendi doubled.
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Spears' budding models — whose father is Kevin Federline — walked the Vetements menswear Spring/Summer 2027 show on Friday, June 26, proving that they're built for the stage just like their mom.
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The Princess Diaries actress proudly sauntered into The Albie Awards with her man on her arm back in 2023.
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto sauntered through the Los Angeles Dodgers clubhouse Saturday afternoon before a start that could have been etched in baseball lore.
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“Tramped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tramped. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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