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Recent Examples of flocked
Dozens flocked to City Hall, wielding signs and voicing pleas for Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty, Sacramento City Manager Maraskeshia Smith and other council members to halt construction.
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Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Miami wasn’t a place like Silicon Valley, Dallas, Minneapolis, or New York where entrepreneurs flocked to build startups into major players in tech, health care, or financial services.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
After Missouri became a state in 1821, American settlers and French fur traders flocked to the region.
—Elijah Winkler, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2026
Demonstrators flocked to protests around the country to march, stand in crowds or line main streets.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2026
On a sunny spring day, many people flocked to the palace grounds to greet Leo and some lined the streets to wave Vatican and Monaco flags as his open-sided popemobile passed by.
—CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
Over the past couple of decades, as Silicon Valley’s tech boom drove up the cost of living, tens of thousands of people flocked to this 1,400-square-mile swath of the Central Valley.
—Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2026
Since 1967, American off-road enthusiasts have flocked to Moab, Utah, each spring for the Easter Jeep Safari.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2026
The decline of the steel industry gave way to a boom of manufacturing, technology and logistics companies that have flocked to the region midway between Philadelphia and New York City.
—Stephen Fowler, NPR, 23 Mar. 2026
Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Miami wasn’t a place like Silicon Valley, Dallas, Minneapolis, or New York where entrepreneurs flocked to build startups into major players in tech, health care, or financial services.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
After Missouri became a state in 1821, American settlers and French fur traders flocked to the region.
—Elijah Winkler, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2026
Demonstrators flocked to protests around the country to march, stand in crowds or line main streets.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2026
On a sunny spring day, many people flocked to the palace grounds to greet Leo and some lined the streets to wave Vatican and Monaco flags as his open-sided popemobile passed by.
—CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
Over the past couple of decades, as Silicon Valley’s tech boom drove up the cost of living, tens of thousands of people flocked to this 1,400-square-mile swath of the Central Valley.
—Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2026
Since 1967, American off-road enthusiasts have flocked to Moab, Utah, each spring for the Easter Jeep Safari.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2026
The decline of the steel industry gave way to a boom of manufacturing, technology and logistics companies that have flocked to the region midway between Philadelphia and New York City.
—Stephen Fowler, NPR, 23 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flocked
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With such a sheer volume of work coming out, the anime market can get crowded, and its easy for these works to bleed together into a vague blob of gag comedies, action-adventure shows, and sickly-sweet romances.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
3 Apr. 2026
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Thirteen candidates crowded into this overwhelmingly blue district’s primary.—
David Daley,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, topped more than $100 a barrel on Monday for the first time since 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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That operation began on October 29, 1956, when Israel invaded the Sinai Peninsula and rapidly overwhelmed Egyptian forces.—
Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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In Chula Vista, protesters thronged to a sidewalk outside a Red Lobster on H Street, amid a din of whistles and car horns.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Mar. 2026
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The quayside, now planted with fast-maturing plane trees and creeper climbing the sandstone walls, is thronged on any sunny day with joggers, walkers and their dogs.—
Marie Patino,
Bloomberg,
20 Mar. 2026
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Despite Guillotin’s ideals, executions were messy and sometimes shambolic affairs, swarmed by bloodthirsty crowds and heckling tricoteuses.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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He is then swarmed by Parisian Disneyland employees in headsets who cart him off.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Flocked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flocked. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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