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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 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 Christopher McDougall’s Born to Run spurred thousands to tromp through the woods barefoot. Sheon Han February 9, Longreads, 9 Feb. 2023 And these toadlets, which tromp about the mountainous cloud forests of Brazil, are found in leafy habitats where larger ones are not, Pie said, suggesting that their petiteness is in some way essential to their survival there. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 15 June 2022 But many braved the elements and tried to tromp home on foot. Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com, 6 Jan. 2022 See All Example Sentences for tromp
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tromp
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  • In a world where we’re constantly reminded that physical media is dead — that the future is just algorithms stomping our faces, forever — the fact that the Criterion Closet has gone viral suggests that all is not lost.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 May 2025
  • No one could agree on whether the brawl of as many as nine young men was limited to fists or if its participants were also kicking and stomping.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 May 2025
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  • Police said some commuters leaped over the railing while others were crushed or fell underfoot and were trampled.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
  • Iceland Iceland has had enough of tourists trampling its fragile landscapes.
    Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
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  • The authority said its preliminary assessment is that three excavators and six trucks were buried by the landslide.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
  • Residents struggled on Thursday to absorb the scale of devastation caused by a huge slab of glacier that buried most of their picturesque Swiss village, in what scientists suspect is a dramatic example of climate change’s impact on the Alps.
    Dave Graham, Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2025
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  • The elephant strolled in from the nearby national park, Kha Yai, and is a familiar sight in the Nakhon Ratchasima province of Thailand, the Associated Press reported.
    Rachel Flynn, People.com, 4 June 2025
  • It’s said that as a young and then unknown designer, Christian Dior, strolled past the Hôtel Plaza Athénée on a breezy afternoon.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 3 June 2025
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  • But Fahy, Alcock, and director Nicole Kassell are also very good at their jobs, and so even downright bizarre moments like Simone chewing Michaela’s used gum or Devon randomly licking a landscaper’s neck wind up making a strange sort of sense.
    Caroline Framke, Vulture, 22 May 2025
  • Jose shrugs, pleads with her to not lick anyone at the inn, and leaves.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2025
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  • The team then trained three seals–Nick, Luca, and Miro–to shuffle into place in front of a large screen and showed them the simulations.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 May 2025
  • When one of the figures is placed at the top of a ramp, the force of gravity causes the toy to walk down to the bottom by shuffling its legs back and forth.
    Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 23 May 2025
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  • The Justice Department is also throwing its support behind a pending lawsuit alleging similar violations of girls’ rights in the Riverside Unified School District, said U.S. Atty.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
  • An avid polo player for years, Grimm was injured from his chest down after being thrown from a horse in September 2024.
    Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 29 May 2025
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  • Edwards drained a long 2-pointer on the next possession to wrap it up, sauntering to the edge of the court during a timeout to encourage the crowd to get even louder.
    Khobi Price, Oc Register, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Fans even saw Sol up close and personal when the singer momentarily vanished from the stage and sauntered down the aisle.
    Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 27 Mar. 2025

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“Tromp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tromp. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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