as in crowd
a great number of persons or creatures massed together
grabbed a megaphone and addressed the vast throng
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Recent Examples of throng
ABC News,
21 June 2026
Christina Hara, a member of our editorial staff, decked out in orange and blue, was among the throng.
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Ian Crouch,
New Yorker,
18 June 2026
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
22 May 2026
In a cell-phone video of the opening, the space was thronged with people.
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Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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Noun
Canal Saint Martin in Paris drew throngs Sunday splashing and diving off a bridge, despite authorities' attempts to control the crowds.
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ABC News,
21 June 2026
Christina Hara, a member of our editorial staff, decked out in orange and blue, was among the throng.
—
Ian Crouch,
New Yorker,
18 June 2026
Verb
Behind Anthropic’s meteoric rise are the developers who thronged the London hall this week, eating free lunch and dinner, and accepting complimentary mini computers.
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Billy Perrigo,
Time,
22 May 2026
In a cell-phone video of the opening, the space was thronged with people.
—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for throng
Noun
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The plebeians have plenty to be furious about, but their representatives, skilled at turning a crowd into a mob, seem hellbent on shoring up their own influence.
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Large-scale events involve tabletop exercises with law enforcement, fire departments, emergency managers and venue officials running through countless scenarios — evacuations, suspicious packages, drones and crowd surges.
Verb
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The siblings dominated the sport for decades and fans will once again flock to SW19 to see the two living legends in action.
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No strike date has been announced as of yet, but the vote arrives at the start of summer, the time of year when New York museums typically see their highest attendance as vacationers flock to the city from around the world.
Noun
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Their strategy focuses on low-cost drone swarms, maximizing pilot effectiveness.
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Every wedding, every cherry blossom season in Japan, every birth, reactor accidents too, swarms of insects, kittens playing with woolen balls, people disfigured by war, palm trees at sunset—five billion photos a day.
Noun
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With plenty of nervous energy, hordes of United States fans packed into KC Live!
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And now, Swift’s fans are set to descend on the city, accompanied by hordes of media who until recently had little to no concrete information about the hush-hush affair.
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“Throng.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throng. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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