as in hordes
a large group of people or things
—usually singular
A bevy of girls waited outside.
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Recent Examples of bevies
The soliders are baking in heat, rotating in and out with bevies of law enforcement from multiple agencies sweeping the area.
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Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bevies
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In Raspail’s tale, hordes of impoverished and dark-skinned brutes from India descend onto French shores by way of rafts, the first wave of an invasion of the civilized West by the brown-skinned developing world.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
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In the postseason, the dynamic is more like a pro league, with open locker rooms, one-on-one opportunities and hordes of reporters.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2026
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Last Saturday, in Grapevine, Texas, Pahlavi spoke to throngs of his supporters at the Conservative Political Action Conference.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
4 Apr. 2026
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Vast plazas are missing the typical throngs of faithful and tourists.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
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The power of drone swarms on battlefields has been witnessed in multiple wars to date.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
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Spring marks peak termite emergence because warmer temperatures bring out swarms of reproductive termites.—
Ana Durrani,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2026
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The gradual drop-off in prices is due to a declining number of bird flu cases following a major outbreak in commercial flocks and egg-laying hens last winter.—
Claire Malon,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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Larger birds and flocks, however, can be another story.—
Meena Thiruvengadam,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Apr. 2026
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But Lee assembles them in multitudes and hangs them into a large installation taking up a full gallery wall.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
13 Apr. 2026
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That ‘97 triumph and what followed was bigger-than-sports stuff as Woods brought welcome color to a sport white as that dimpled ball, and inspiring young multitudes suddenly interested in golf.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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The Clairton plant provides 1,200 manufacturing jobs and hundreds of millions in tax revenue to the area.—
Stephanie Armour,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Sitting in a tired-looking office painted in beige and brown, al-Abidin said his agency dispatched forensic experts along with officials from Civil Defense, the Sudanese Red Crescent and neighborhood committees in July to scour parts of the capital for hundreds of mass graves.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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As trucks roared up the landfill and dumped fresh loads of trash, adults and children alike rushed forward, gathering beneath cascading avalanches of waste to grab anything of value.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2026
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The 37-year-old is aging like fine wine, averaging nearly 26 points per game for the Houston Rockets while shouldering one of the heaviest minutes loads in the league.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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Jurassic Park is a classic, full of great performances, endlessly quotable lines, and all those dinosaurs moving in herds.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
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First, if the petition is approved, ranchers would be required to use nonlethal methods to ward off wolves from their herds after a depredation occurs.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Bevies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bevies. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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