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After some cheese and crackers and forced bonhomie, we all trooped back to our desks and then commuted home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

Soon, their third-grade “reading buddies” trooped in from a classroom down the hall, and the group settled in to make some art.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2025

The colour, or regimental flag, which was trooped in the ceremony belongs to the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards.

From Reuters • Jun. 17, 2023

As Wimbledon's players trooped in with a 1-0 lead, they draped the towels over their shoulders to reduce their core temperature.

From BBC • May 31, 2023

The three of them trooped to the back of the restaurant where the maître d' had directed, and down a narrow flight of stairs, lit gloomily by little lamps hung in archways.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez