flocked

verb

past tense of flock
as in crowded
to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers vacationers flocked to the towns along the shore in order to escape the August heat

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Recent Examples of flocked Hungarians flocked to the shores and uplands around Lake Balaton — central Europe's largest freshwater lake — sending prices rocketing. — Lucy Handley, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026 Thousands of his followers flocked to Buenos Aires to celebrate a player who has become nothing short of a deity in the country and a goal and two assists in a 3-0 win against Benin seemed a fitting way to end a stellar 20-year international career. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026 For years, tourists flocked to the premier address at 7th and Flower streets. — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 Kansas Citians flocked to the shop to show their support instead. — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2026 The site crashed within a week as 30,000 people flocked to a program that could tell you how much of a piece of online writing was produced by AI. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 Tourists have long flocked to the bridge over the Vltava River to visit the statue of St John of Nepomuk. — ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026 In late September, close to 100 residents flocked to the Aviva Ballroom at Pier Sixty-Six for the second of three meetings hosted by the Tavistock team, complete with hot coffee and supersized chocolate chip cookies. — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2026 Teyana Taylor flocked with the best of them at the 2026 MTV VMAs on Sunday night, wearing a design by Zuhair Murad to the awards show at Los Angeles’s Peacock Theater. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 27 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flocked
  1. crowded
  2. invaded
  3. thronged
  4. swarmed
Verb
  • Imperceptibly, Jupiter crowded along, nearer and nearer to the big light of the night.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Those around her unzip their tents after a night of little sleep on a square normally crowded with tourists.
    — Erika Page, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of crowded
Verb
  • Russia invaded its neighbor more than 4½ years ago, and there are no concrete signs that a peace settlement might be possible.
    — Susie Blann, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Russia invaded its neighbor more than 4 ½ years ago, and there are no concrete signs that a peace settlement might be possible.
    — HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of invaded
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  • Glass chronicles the chaos as home buyers thronged into tracts without schools, sewers, trash removal, or viable tax bases.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Following the advice of food bloggers and influencers, overzealous visitors have thronged a rifugio (refuge) in Italy’s Val di Fassa valley, all because of this traditional pastry.
    — Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of thronged
Verb
  • Crowds of visitors have swarmed the British Museum since the Bayeux Tapestry arrived in London from its home in Normandy, France, earlier this fall.
    — Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Arnold met her gaze almost instantly across UConn’s five-foot table swarmed with cameras and microphones and returned the smirk.
    — Jake McCreven, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of swarmed

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“Flocked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flocked. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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