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as in shuffling
to move heavily or clumsily
sleepily tromped into the bathroom, tripping over a pile of dirty laundry along the way
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as in stomping
to tread on heavily so as to crush or injure
the kids tromped my flowers to smithereens
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as in burying
to defeat by a large margin
sure, I lost the election, but I didn't get tromped, so I'll see you again in four years
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as in strolling
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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as in licking
to strike repeatedly
tromped the bully, giving him a taste of his own medicine
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Noun
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The memories remained from crawling across the balcony, the pounding on the chamber doors, the screams echoing through the rotunda.—
Norma Torres,
Oc Register,
6 Jan. 2026 -
In that room, Cristobal didn’t come down hard on his staff, no yelling or pounding of the table.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
1 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Bridgerton treats it as though every woman got multiples of their yearbook photo to hand around as headshots, and Benedict’s taking what would have been treasured personal heirlooms and just shuffling through them and tossing out anyone with the wrong hair color.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
11 Feb. 2026
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Silvia showed them little affection or attention, shuffling quickly through the infants to feed, change, or hold them.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Han will be posted up by the Milennium Falcon and/or Oga’s Cantina, Luke will be stomping his Chanel boots in the marketplace, and Darth Vader will be force-choking dads in Grumpy tees.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
14 Jan. 2026
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Then there’s the people watching, from the tailgating to the communal divot stomping, full of dramatic sun dresses and hats with flourishes, seersucker suits and, yes, hats with flourishes.—
Eric Barton,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2026
Verb
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And they are not remotely prepared when Harper’s firm puts its full weight behind burying them.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Kabir joined in burying several of his close friends in Woro.—
Pelumi Salako,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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He was also photographed strolling the Strip with that same group after being booted from the venue, according to the Daily Beast.—
Brian Niemietz,
Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2026
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In addition to the Sonnenalp, all of the buildings in Vail Village were designed with European alpine architecture in mind, so walking around feels a bit like strolling through a wintry Bavarian fairytale.—
Sarah Kuta,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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As finger-licking as the savory food is, the real headliner here is dessert.—
Skye Sherman,
Southern Living,
6 Feb. 2026
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Mitch West, meanwhile, was licking his wounds on Monday night, when snow still hadn’t touched down in his region of South Carolina.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
28 Jan. 2026
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Eric Freeny blocked Smith, Bilodeau grabbed the loose ball and threw an outlet to Dailey for a hammering dunk.—
Aaron Heisen,
Daily News,
21 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, Moscow has kept up its hammering of Ukraine’s energy grid in overnight attacks that killed at least two people, according to Ukrainian officials.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Reports of stumbling, slipping on the ice or just the indignity of having to yield to a robot were among common complaints submitted, Robertson said.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2026
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The latest trailer finds Mario and Luigi stumbling upon the green lizard in a spooky cave.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Tromping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tromping. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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