trampling

present participle of trample
as in stomping
to tread on heavily so as to crush or injure Isabel looked out her window and beheld the neighbor's Labrador retriever trampling her begonias

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Recent Examples of trampling Countries like France, Spain and Japan are able to build plenty of mass transit, at reasonable cost, without trampling over their people. Vincent Ni, NPR, 20 Sep. 2025 Ukraine accuses Russia of trampling over its sovereignty with an imperial war of conquest. Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025 However, there’s nothing funny about trampling — in the lust for partisan political power — the quaintly democratic notion that congressional districts should fairly represent the characteristics and values of their constituents. Dan Walters, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2025 The glass shattered, and the crowd surged forward, trampling 34-year-old Jdimytai Damour to death in their desperation for deals. Dr. Mara Einstein, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024 In other words, politics and emotion are presently trampling on market prices that, by virtue of them being set in markets, are free of politics and emotion. John Tamny, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024 The legend began after a series of bizarre and terrifying encounters in which settlers reported seeing the ghostly figure charging through the desert, sometimes trampling livestock or vanishing into the night. Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2024 This helps explain why many Poles are willing to turn a blind eye to PiS trampling on some democratic norms. Remi Adekoya, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trampling
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  • The Norwegian stomping clear of a defence caught too high up the pitch.
    Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Throngs of teenagers can be seen in the videos hitting, kicking, stomping and pushing victims.
    Robert Anglen, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
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  • Australia stopped stamping most passports in 2012 in favor of electronic immigration records, and New Zealand followed suit in 2016.
    Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The stamping process used for this wearable artwork is inspired by the ancient wax-resist dyeing technique of batik.
    Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025

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“Trampling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trampling. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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