Definition of trompnext
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as in to trample
to tread on heavily so as to crush or injure the kids tromped my flowers to smithereens

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as in to stroll
to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure the scouts tromped through the dell, mostly just following the course of the creek

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Recent Examples of tromp Our picks are based on first-hand experience testing in the field on real trips (alas, we don't get paid to tromp around the wilderness). Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024 Then, as people prepared to file out into the freezing night, many first stopped to tromp on the fake snow and greet the tall human tree — who obliged by shaking his branches. Jocelyn Noveck, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024 California’s water officials on Tuesday will tromp out to Phillips Station near Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort to take their second monthly manual snowpack reading of the season — a largely ceremonial event in an age when snow gauges across the Sierra provide digital readings every day. Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024 This could lead to serious environmental problems as the creatures tromp through fragile ecosystems, outcompete native species and deposit enormous amounts of feces in waterways. Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023 See All Example Sentences for tromp
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  • That’s the sound of clogs slowly stomping back into the spotlight.
    Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026
  • For pretty much every gamer alive today, those first few notes induce an almost Pavlovian response — sparking an urge to grab a controller on your lap that isn’t actually there and bringing to mind comfortable, warm memories of stomping Goombas and riding Yoshi on a quest to save Princess Peach.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 3 Apr. 2026
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  • The push by the county to change the law has been hotly criticized by some advocates who accuse government officials of trampling on victims’ rights.
    Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Women and children were trampled.
    Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
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  • Bishop acquired the property, intending to preserve the inactive cemetery as a memorial site for the military veterans buried there, some dating back to the Civil War.
    Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Three other Syrian relatives were also killed in the Ain Mreisseh strike and were buried on Saturday in the town of al-Shuhail in Deir el-Zour, after the family split upon returning to Syria.
    ABC News, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026
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  • Not to be outdone, the Tuscany Active Culinary Walking & Hiking Tour in Italy features wine sipping, a cooking class led by an engaging Italian chef, and plenty of strolling through the countryside.
    Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Nothing is sadder than to watch people stroll past that memorial as if nothing is out of the ordinary, our civic pride and historical perspective crushed under the weight of indifference.
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
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  • Both have walked away from battles licking their wounds.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Five caribou stood licking at the stain.
    Frank Glaser, Outdoor Life, 1 Apr. 2026
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  • Born from the embers of the eighties band Talulah Gosh, Heavenly, led by the singer and guitarist Amelia Fletcher, shuffled forward with her riffy, effervescent playing style, gradually growing more sophisticated across four LPs and an EP, without any loss of buoyancy.
    Hilton Als, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
  • This is where the city stages its daily open-air show — street artists sketching portraits, fortune-tellers shuffling cards and musicians playing for appreciative crowds.
    Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
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  • The person throwing the bowling ball might not have intended a specific victim to be killed, or even knowingly planned to kill someone, but nonetheless did something that was obviously likely to cause serious harm.
    Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Jane tries to give it a bit of meta humor, milking laughs from throwing money at Juicy and doing little jazz hands.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2026
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  • An older Black woman saunters down Western, low and slow, holding a watermelon and mango cup in one hand and her cane in the other.
    Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
  • No need to saunter over with skills already.
    Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2026

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“Tromp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tromp. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.

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