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throngs 1 of 2

noun

plural of throng

as in hordes

a great number of persons or creatures massed together grabbed a megaphone and addressed the vast throng

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verb

present tense third-person singular of throng

as in flocks

to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers fans thronged the field to celebrate the win

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Leo's visit to Paris came as a birthday present for Jean-Claude Farnabe, who turned 63 on Saturday and spent the morning securing a spot amid the throngs of people. — CBS News, 26 Sep. 2026 The cows made their way to the altar — with the handlers helping to guide them with hay — through throngs of people and a few mascots sitting in seats and lined up on the streets, who stopped by just to see the unique occasion. — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026 The rooms proved to be catnip for selfie-seekers and a financial boon to museums and galleries, which could dependably rely on them to draw throngs of visitors eager to line up for a chance at a few seconds alone in one of them. — News Desk, Artforum, 27 Aug. 2026 Why then, are throngs of armchair analysts online pointing fingers at her ex-husband, Patrick, blaming him for the deaths? — Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026 The new 47-key Orient Express Venezia is an experience, housed within Palazzo Donà Giovannelli in the oldest and northernmost Cannaregio district, drawing high-end travelers away from the throngs. — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2026 Still, the Monon Trail bustled with throngs of curious cyclists and pedestrians. — Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 16 Aug. 2026 Right in the middle of cheering, reveling masses was MARTA — a connective system of veins that efficiently moved the happy throngs. — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 2 Aug. 2026 Just Friday, a member of the Blue Angels, the Navy’s flight-demonstration team, buzzed Pensacola Beach at extremely low altitude and a high angle of bank, close to throngs of spectators. — Brynn Tannehill, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026

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Their backing attracted hordes of counterrevolutionaries and Mubarak loyalists.

— Abdelrahman ElGendy, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
The twentieth century industrialized advisory through hordes of ambitious young graduates and an apprenticeship model that allowed advice to be sold by those with much less viabexperience.

— Albert Mikkelsen, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of hordes

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Inventory what currently crowds your counters and cabinets — lids, wraps, measuring tools — and shop for a door rack built around those specific items rather than a one-size-fits-all unit.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
The thick dust that crowds the heart of this galaxy blocks visible light the Hubble Space Telescope previously relied on to study it.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of crowds

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My interview with Altman had been arranged weeks earlier, just as the first revelations emerged about swarms of rogue AI agents conspiring to hack websites.

— Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
Drone swarms were used to provide targeting information to ground units, while tactical UAVs, armed helicopters and unmanned ground vehicles coordinated attacks against simulated targets.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of swarms

Noun

The groups have watched pigeon flocks flee from hawks and have seen pigeons feeding crop milk, a substance adult pigeons produce near their throat, to their babies.

— KYLE MELNICK THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
This summer, a mosquito control company based in Silver Spring, Maryland, began introducing flocks of infertile male mosquitos in residential communities to prevent eggs from hatching.

— Angie Orellana Hernandez, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026

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