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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
Eclipse chasers will travel to the path in droves, keen to witness a relatively short but ultimately dramatic totality.
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Jamie Carter, Space.com, 13 June 2026
The mosquitoes came out in droves at night, just before bed, quelling our ambitions of stargazing or watching for the northern lights.
—John Bowe, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026
The trip, though, has underscored how the country of 50 million people, which experienced a religious crisis after its 20th-century dictatorship ended, still has plenty of faithful Catholics who have turned out in droves to welcome the American pope.
—ABC News, 10 June 2026
The trip, though, has underscored how the country of 50 million people, which experienced a religious crisis after its 20th century dictatorship ended, still has plenty of faithful Catholics who have turned out in droves to welcome the American pope.
—Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
And with roughly an hour to go until tipoff, there are still droves of fans outside waiting to get into the arena.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 9 June 2026
The British royal family turned out in droves Saturday for the intimate nuptials of Harriet Sperling and Peter Phillips.
—Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 6 June 2026
Fans obliged in droves, popping off their shirts and bringing a building that had stagnated into stressed silence back to the top of its register.
—Sean Gentille, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Yet there Knicks fans were, in droves, cheering their team on in their first NBA Finals appearance in a quarter-century.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 4 June 2026
Jamie Carter, Space.com, 13 June 2026
The mosquitoes came out in droves at night, just before bed, quelling our ambitions of stargazing or watching for the northern lights.
—John Bowe, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026
The trip, though, has underscored how the country of 50 million people, which experienced a religious crisis after its 20th-century dictatorship ended, still has plenty of faithful Catholics who have turned out in droves to welcome the American pope.
—ABC News, 10 June 2026
The trip, though, has underscored how the country of 50 million people, which experienced a religious crisis after its 20th century dictatorship ended, still has plenty of faithful Catholics who have turned out in droves to welcome the American pope.
—Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
And with roughly an hour to go until tipoff, there are still droves of fans outside waiting to get into the arena.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 9 June 2026
The British royal family turned out in droves Saturday for the intimate nuptials of Harriet Sperling and Peter Phillips.
—Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 6 June 2026
Fans obliged in droves, popping off their shirts and bringing a building that had stagnated into stressed silence back to the top of its register.
—Sean Gentille, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Yet there Knicks fans were, in droves, cheering their team on in their first NBA Finals appearance in a quarter-century.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 4 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for droves
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After the final buzzer confirmed the Knicks' 94-90 victory over the San Antonio Spurs at Texas' Frost Bank Center on Saturday, June 13, throngs of people sporting blue and orange flocked to the streets of all five boroughs.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
14 June 2026
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Friday’s watch party attracted throngs of revelers to MSG, but also brought some chaos to Midtown, with 26 people arrested for a variety of offenses, from assault to selling counterfeit merchandise to climbing on top of light poles, food vendor carts and subway entrances.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
7 June 2026
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The folks in the national sports media sometimes move like lemmings, all following each other — able to suddenly turn in perfect unison and head in the same direction, like flocks of birds.—
Greg Cote
June 17,
Miami Herald,
17 June 2026
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Brands including Cult Gaia, Alo, Same Swim, and La DoubleJ are opening stores in either the South of France or along the Italian coastline ahead of the 2026 season, in a bid to capture the flocks of tourists who visit these hotspots and are keen to splurge without breaking the bank.—
Madeleine Schulz,
Vogue,
8 June 2026
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More than four years since the start of Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine, the more than 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line has remained largely static as swarms of drones hinder advances.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 June 2026
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More than four years since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the more than 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line has remained largely static as swarms of drones hinder advances.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 June 2026
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Kai Cenat's Streamer University program went awry after hordes of people crowded an audition site in Atlanta, Georgia, leading to several arrests, according to police.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
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Dating apps are full of horror stories where hordes of men act creepily toward the female population.—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
17 June 2026
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Officers in riot gear and on horseback worked to manage large crowds that poured into the streets following the win.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
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Initial crowds were eager to watch the twisty conspiracy thriller on the biggest and brightest screens, with premium large formats representing a mighty 48% of grosses.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
14 June 2026
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