Examples of trample

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Of the ones retrieved, some would have been trampled.
Typhoons, volcanic eruptions, and meteors are a few such unstoppable powers that human beings must give way to, or else be trampled underfoot.
Apart from damage caused by trampling and erosion, more widespread and long-lasting degradation can occur as a result of recreation activities.
The freedom of the press, of the courts, the freedom of speech, the freedom to associate, these things were trampled on daily.
The main effects by herbivores are grazing, trampling, elimination and nutrient input.
However, this may be an underestimate since sheep continued to graze all fields during the study and may have ingested or trampled on pellets.
Women suffered before: houses were burnt down, cattle trampled our fields, there were forced displacements of people.
In the trampled plots, the leaf litter within the plots was trampled at weekly intervals with ten footsteps by a researcher wearing rubber boots.
The effects of trampling and soil compaction were relatively limited at nest sites.
A people that knows how to throw itself into battle at the instant of danger, knowing how to fight heroically for its rights when these were trampled on.
Negative growth in seedlings is quite common due to stem breakage or damage from falling branch debris, browsing or trampling by animals and insect clipping or grazing.
A notable exception to the above generalization is the hippopotamus, which grazes on swamp vegetation and causes considerable damage to trampled plants by its enormous body weight.
The presence of hearths and the absence of material trampled into the floors in a number of examples may support the view that many were used as dwellings.
Refused fodder is trampled with faeces.
He is the everyday man who maintains his power by trampling over others, who then tries to make himself feel better through rationalization and through the songs of the shaper.
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