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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
People sold art and other handmade products, nonprofits talked about their causes, and community organizations showed up to the festival in droves.
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Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 20 June 2026
On Thursday, New York City fans came out in droves to celebrate the New York Knicks' first NBA championship win since 1973.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 18 June 2026
People flocked to their TVs, bars and watch parties in droves to catch the Knicks topple Goliath.
—Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 17 June 2026
And then came the World Cup, with droves of fans making their way to local stadiums and watch parties.
—Seamus Bozeman
follow, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
Retail investors came out in droves for Friday’s SpaceX initial public offering, and analysts are rebranding the entire tech sector to account for its outsized success.
—Tobias Burns, CNBC, 15 June 2026
Eclipse chasers will travel to the path in droves, keen to witness a relatively short but ultimately dramatic totality.
—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
Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 20 June 2026
On Thursday, New York City fans came out in droves to celebrate the New York Knicks' first NBA championship win since 1973.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 18 June 2026
People flocked to their TVs, bars and watch parties in droves to catch the Knicks topple Goliath.
—Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 17 June 2026
And then came the World Cup, with droves of fans making their way to local stadiums and watch parties.
—Seamus Bozeman
follow, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
Retail investors came out in droves for Friday’s SpaceX initial public offering, and analysts are rebranding the entire tech sector to account for its outsized success.
—Tobias Burns, CNBC, 15 June 2026
Eclipse chasers will travel to the path in droves, keen to witness a relatively short but ultimately dramatic totality.
—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
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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The Spanish Navy has carried out a successful at-sea test of the Hornet Block 1 interceptor, a new system designed to counter the growing threat posed by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and drone swarms.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
20 June 2026
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But for now, the booby seems healthy and pretty much unbothered by the swarms of people paying it a visit — one of whom is Amy Gobbini, who briefly stopped from her nearby workplace to snag a picture on her phone.—
Sophie Lindberg,
Kansas City Star,
18 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
Noun
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The parade and street festival are held every June, drawing crowds of between 20,000 and 30,000 residents and families.—
Ana Maria Soler,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
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With an early look at Sirfetch’d and Pichu in action, exquisite claymation and cutting-edge special effects brought forth by Aardman for this specific project, the series (coming up next year) delighted Bonlieu’s crowds, eager to know more.—
Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
21 June 2026
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