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Musk attorney Alex Spiro contended in court motions that the SEC was trampling on Musk’s right to free speech.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2022

Before the committee’s vote, George J. Terwilliger III, Mr. Meadows’s lawyer, called on the panel to change course, arguing that it was trampling over his client’s constitutional rights and over presidential prerogatives.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2021

By the time she replaced Steinfeld, critics were saying she was trampling upon the club’s identity.

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2012

In the '30s he defended Wall Street brokers, when he thought the SEC was trampling on their rights.

From Time Magazine Archive

I asked, motioning Môme to come out of the wheat, which he was trampling as though it were heather.

From Famous Modern Ghost Stories by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)