trodden
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But when he joined the Reds in 2017, he was all too aware of the legacy of some great Scots who had trodden the same path before him.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
“We’ll likely follow the same path we’ve trodden in the United States, and so it will begin with a commercial footprint.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
The path to investment success is easy to find because it’s well trodden and simple.
From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025
This pathway is now so well trodden as to have become a trope: the male feminist who deeply, appallingly wasn’t.
From Slate • Jan. 17, 2025
Basta reared up like a snake when someone has trodden on its tail.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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