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as in trotted
to go at a pace faster than a walk
went tripping up the steps of city hall in their eagerness to get married
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as in fell
to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily
tripped over a chair and landed on her face
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as in traveled
to take a trip especially of some distance
while he was growing up, the family tripped to New England every summer
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as in stumbled
to make a mistake
the press has had it in for the new governor, and they are just waiting for her to trip
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Recent Examples of tripped
Despite the novelty of this world having been exhausted on me long ago, seeing twelve identical borzois in a row, echoing the ornate, spindly verticality of a Gothic revival palace, still tripped me out.
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Andrew Norman Wilson, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
But Konan’s lawyer pointed out that the government similarly warned about crippling lawsuits when the Supreme Court, in 2006, considered a case brought by a woman who tripped over mail left on her porch.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
When one person tripped on a sidewalk crack, neighbors say the city's repairs were shoddy.
—James Taylor, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026
May was right that Fears tripped Lendeborg, a dirty play that should have resulted in a flagrant foul.
—Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
But now that Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic tripped over the same shoddy architecture at Rocket Arena, the NBA is all over it.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
Staffers crouched with towels on the baseline spent an undue portion of the night sprinting to various corners of the United Center court, mopping up sweat off the hardwood after players from both teams had tumbled and tripped and sprawled onto the floor.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Today, Morgan responded to some Good Morning Britain banter in which the show’s presenters jokingly suggested Morgan might have tripped after imbibing.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 19 Jan. 2026
The former was able to push the puck to Wyatt Kaiser and then tripped Mittelstadt, which allowed Kaiser to skate into the open slot unabated.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2026
Andrew Norman Wilson, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
But Konan’s lawyer pointed out that the government similarly warned about crippling lawsuits when the Supreme Court, in 2006, considered a case brought by a woman who tripped over mail left on her porch.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
When one person tripped on a sidewalk crack, neighbors say the city's repairs were shoddy.
—James Taylor, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026
May was right that Fears tripped Lendeborg, a dirty play that should have resulted in a flagrant foul.
—Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
But now that Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic tripped over the same shoddy architecture at Rocket Arena, the NBA is all over it.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
Staffers crouched with towels on the baseline spent an undue portion of the night sprinting to various corners of the United Center court, mopping up sweat off the hardwood after players from both teams had tumbled and tripped and sprawled onto the floor.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Today, Morgan responded to some Good Morning Britain banter in which the show’s presenters jokingly suggested Morgan might have tripped after imbibing.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 19 Jan. 2026
The former was able to push the puck to Wyatt Kaiser and then tripped Mittelstadt, which allowed Kaiser to skate into the open slot unabated.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tripped
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From there, letters were ferried by boat and trotted by stagecoach up to North Carolina, where important correspondence was loaded onto a steam locomotive to Virginia.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
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On Saturday, the Argyle Lunar New Year Parade trotted through the Uptown neighborhood.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Too many people, particularly those in my age group, have been felled by a cold that morphed into pneumonia, or a UTI that landed them in the hospital, or a simple stumble on a floor mat that resulted in surgery and months of physical therapy.—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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Using drone surveys to map the forest canopy, the team tested how views might shift if certain trees were felled, inching toward a location that felt both deliberate and deferential to the land.—
Leonora Epstein,
Architectural Digest,
27 Feb. 2026
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It’s been 17 years since the bright yellow Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus zeteki) hopped through its native habitat.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
25 Feb. 2026
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The arrival of a wave of glamorous day-tripping journalists who hopped in from France seemed, to the Spanish press censor, to herald a shift in the feeling of the war.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2026
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During its operational years, airborne radioactive releases traveled up through the stack.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Feb. 2026
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Desta eventually escaped, flew to Russia on a tourist visa, then travelled by car to Belarus.—
Elizabeth Flock,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
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Along the way, Cindy stumbled a bit and dropped her luggage in front of me.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
25 Feb. 2026
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One regular shopper stumbled upon the scene of the shooting.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
25 Feb. 2026
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As Flagg jogged from one side of the court to the other, Kyrie Irving participated in a shooting drill with fellow point guards Brandon Williams and Tyus Jones under the instruction of Mavericks assistant coach Phil Handy.—
Mike Curtis,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Feb. 2026
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In the first two months of the year, Del Mar Union School District students raced, jogged, walked and logged laps of laughter at school jogathons, raising a little over $450,000 to benefit the Del Mar Schools Education Foundation’s efforts to support and expand the district’s STEAM+ program.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Feb. 2026
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Iran had, 10 days earlier, fired a barrage of missiles at Israel in response to its attacks, including one that slipped through Israel's sophisticated air defenses and landed in the heart of its capital, Tel Aviv.—
Tucker Reals,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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On a frigid day late last month, a Russian attack drone slipped through Ukraine’s air-defense systems and glided into Kyiv’s government district, heading in the direction of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2026
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Hill-Murray bounced the Stars from the Section 4AA tournament three straight times from 2022-24.—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
26 Feb. 2026
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The ball then hit the side of the 24-second shot clock above the basket and bounced onto fans sitting in the first row of the baseline.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Tripped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tripped. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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