Example Sentences

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Ever since streaming figures were incorporated into the countdown, golden oldies have trampled over contemporary hits every December.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025

Similarly, park-goers have trampled sensitive vegetation in the Merced River, while trashing the area and leaving “unsanitary conditions” due to a lack of restrooms, park officials said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2024

A herd of hundreds of elephants that have returned to north-east Nigeria are under threat from jihadist groups and increasingly in conflict with thousands of refugees whose crops they have trampled weeks before harvest.

From The Guardian • Nov. 9, 2020

The lions and other beasts apparently wander in and out of the park thanks to elephants who have trampled down fences.

From Fox News • Jun. 13, 2019

Fang must have trampled the box on the way up, because when I put it on the seat beside him, its dented lid was the only thing holding the whole cardboard mess together.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx