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as in throngs
a great number of persons or creatures massed together
people flocked to the annual festival in droves
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Recent Examples of droves
The word spread like wildfire across social media, sending droves of Swifties to her website.
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Hadley Hitson, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Oct. 2025
Join the droves of shoppers saving time on meal prep and grab this vegetable chopper with more than 11,300 five-star ratings.
—Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Raliegh led early in voting until droves of Judge votes poured in.
—Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
So, preemptively snagging a set of luggage straps will work double duty to keep your bag shut tightly while setting it apart from the droves of lookalike checked suitcases.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 23 Sep. 2025
Parts of Idaho, and Ada County, have been losing droves of farmland in the past several decades, in part because the area’s intense growth has driven demand for property that has been turned into housing or commercial development.
—Idaho Statesman, 11 Sep. 2025
Tourists come in droves to enjoy the scenery and embrace the four distinct seasons.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
And of the droves of drivers pulled over that night, only a handful were issued traffic citations.
—Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2025
Population shifts across the country—with droves of people relocating to the South and the Midwest because of their relative affordability in recent years—have also put more people in harm's way from natural disasters, Friedlander said.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
Hadley Hitson, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Oct. 2025
Join the droves of shoppers saving time on meal prep and grab this vegetable chopper with more than 11,300 five-star ratings.
—Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Raliegh led early in voting until droves of Judge votes poured in.
—Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
So, preemptively snagging a set of luggage straps will work double duty to keep your bag shut tightly while setting it apart from the droves of lookalike checked suitcases.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 23 Sep. 2025
Parts of Idaho, and Ada County, have been losing droves of farmland in the past several decades, in part because the area’s intense growth has driven demand for property that has been turned into housing or commercial development.
—Idaho Statesman, 11 Sep. 2025
Tourists come in droves to enjoy the scenery and embrace the four distinct seasons.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
And of the droves of drivers pulled over that night, only a handful were issued traffic citations.
—Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2025
Population shifts across the country—with droves of people relocating to the South and the Midwest because of their relative affordability in recent years—have also put more people in harm's way from natural disasters, Friedlander said.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for droves
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The event drew such a large crowd on Sunday that several Surf City residents complained on social media about a lack of security and noise control, as throngs of attendees poured onto the streets and blocked traffic.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
14 Oct. 2025
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Among the throngs of fans who line up for Angel Reese’s or Caitlin Clark’s autograph after games are boys wearing their jerseys.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Egg prices fell a bit, fewer sick poultry flocks were culled on farms, and officials took a breath.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
9 Oct. 2025
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The mass deployment of technologies that these minerals make possible—fleets of electric cars; flocks of wind turbines; a cleaner energy grid—may be imperative if our society is to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels and thereby avoid the most devastating impacts of climate change.—
Scott W. Stern,
The Atlantic,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The result is a mobile, autonomous counter-drone system that can defeat swarms of unmanned aircraft with precision and minimal collateral damage.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Oct. 2025
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Russia is suspected to be behind a series of drone swarms that surveyed and even disrupted critical infrastructure in Denmark and elsewhere, though investigations are ongoing.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Try to squeeze in on a weekday when the hordes will be slightly diminished.—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Others tried to navigate the hordes of media members surrounding teammates.—
Charlotte Varnes,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Fall is a lovely time to visit the continent for fewer crowds, better temperatures, and lower prices.—
Asia London Palomba,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Oct. 2025
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The eight-thousand-seat arena did just that, drawing crowds from across the state with shows from every big name in music.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Droves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/droves. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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