as in floods
a large group of animals or people moving together in a quick and disordered way
During the morning rush hour, the coffee shop gets hit with a stampede of customers.
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as in darts
to move together in a quick and disordered manner and usually in a large group
At the sound of the lunch bell, all five hundred students in the building stampeded toward the cafeteria.
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Recent Examples of stampedes
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2026
Crowds were relatively small last month, especially compared to March weekends in the years after the COVID pandemic, when thousands of young people packed Ocean Drive and the party was sullied by shootings, stampedes and curfews.
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Aaron Leibowitz,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
Crowding and stampedes sometimes occur in Pakistan during Ramadan, when government agencies, charities and businesses distribute food and cash to poor families.
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ABC News,
16 Mar. 2026
In that spirit, the presidency — despite policy detours, rhetorical bucking and social-media stampedes — remains a powerful instrument of national motion.
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
17 Feb. 2026
Trump should discipline his rhetoric, avoiding terms such as riots and stampedes that echo regime propaganda.
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Behnam Ben Taleblu,
The Atlantic,
9 Jan. 2026
The Saudi government has poured massive investment into redeveloping the area around holy site following a series of deadly stampedes and a crane accident that killed more than a hundred people in 2015.
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MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
People crushed or suffocated in stampedes.
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Beth Bailey,
FOXNews.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
The response underscores the intensity of the speculative mania around AI, which has fueled stampedes into would-be winners and panicked rushes away from any industry that seems poised to be hit by the competitive threat.
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Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2026
Crowds were relatively small last month, especially compared to March weekends in the years after the COVID pandemic, when thousands of young people packed Ocean Drive and the party was sullied by shootings, stampedes and curfews.
—
Aaron Leibowitz,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
Crowding and stampedes sometimes occur in Pakistan during Ramadan, when government agencies, charities and businesses distribute food and cash to poor families.
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ABC News,
16 Mar. 2026
In that spirit, the presidency — despite policy detours, rhetorical bucking and social-media stampedes — remains a powerful instrument of national motion.
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
17 Feb. 2026
Trump should discipline his rhetoric, avoiding terms such as riots and stampedes that echo regime propaganda.
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Behnam Ben Taleblu,
The Atlantic,
9 Jan. 2026
The Saudi government has poured massive investment into redeveloping the area around holy site following a series of deadly stampedes and a crane accident that killed more than a hundred people in 2015.
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MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
People crushed or suffocated in stampedes.
—
Beth Bailey,
FOXNews.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stampedes
Noun
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In the past, it's been falsely linked with everything from hurricanes to floods, wildfires and alien abductions.
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Deadly floods are common in parts of Africa, which is among the regions most vulnerable to extreme weather events despite being responsible for a small fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
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Crook breaks into a jog, then darts between cars to reach her.
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This type dispenses altogether with nest-building and partnering and simply darts around squirting.
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The real test will come when regular customers use it during real drive-thru rushes.
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Digital filmmaking was widely adapted due to the instant availability of daily rushes.
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And then jogs all the way back.
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Razeen Road finally jogs east, and an automatic gate opens to allow drivers onto an unpaved road leading deeper into the desert.
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One significant problem, however, is that red dwarfs spit out harmful torrents of radiation in fierce gusts of their stellar winds, which can strip away a planet's atmosphere.
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Heavy rainfall in the area caused torrents and increased the risk of landslides, making rescue operations more difficult, state media said.
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“Stampedes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stampedes. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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