variants
or trod
as in walked
to go on foot
to protect the fragile environment of the beach dunes, we must tread cautiously and lightly
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The Americans walked 17 times and forced Brazil to throw 221 pitches.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026 -
Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, and Yasmin Le Bon walked the show, and Paul McCartney was behind the music.—
Laure Guilbault,
Vogue,
6 Mar. 2026
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Beach Boys member Bruce Johnston — who joined the group in 1965 when Brian Wilson stepped away from the road to focus on studio work — is leaving the touring unit after serving the better part of six decades, and performing somewhere in the ballpark of 6,000 concerts.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
4 Mar. 2026
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Sharon Horton stepped through the door of a sky-blue mobile clinic and onto a Skid Row sidewalk.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Trodden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trodden. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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