flocked

verb

past tense of flock
as in crowded
to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers vacationers flocked to the towns along the shore in order to escape the August heat

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Recent Examples of flocked The price of everything, rents included, have gone up as high-earning out-of-staters have flocked to South Florida. — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026 The scenes that would soon unfold were unclear as Spieth picked up his tee and started walking, all while a hundred or so fans in rain jackets flocked toward a large hill. — Brody Miller, New York Times, 14 July 2026 Some of them built private servers so entertaining that other kids flocked to play. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 14 July 2026 International soccer enthusiasts have flocked to big brands from the area, often in large groups wearing their countries’ jerseys. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026 Hordes of young millennials and older Gen Z fans flocked to Inglewood’s Kia Forum on Wednesday. — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 11 July 2026 In the 1960s, the state’s youth flocked to the city’s flagship University of Oregon, transforming it into an incubator of dissent. — Literary Hub, 10 July 2026 Hundreds of celebrities and A-Listers flocked to New York City for the Fourth of July weekend to celebrate Swift’s nuptials with her Super Bowl-winning beau at Madison Square Garden — but the 47-year-old actress and model was notably not among them. — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 9 July 2026 Investors flocked to gold as a safe-haven asset amid shifting tariff policies and political tensions, in addition to the prospect of lower interest rates. — Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 8 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flocked
  1. crowded
  2. invaded
  3. thronged
  4. swarmed
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  • Residents say that likely saved lives, as people crowded into aging 12- and 14-foot aluminum boats powered by decades-old motors.
    — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • People crowded the entrance as if waiting for their boarding group to be called, which didn’t make sense to me — there were no overhead bins to claim!
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 18 July 2026
Definition of crowded
Verb
  • Seven months after the essay appeared, Putin invaded Ukraine.
    — Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • After Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, Beregovsky and other academics from the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences were evacuated to the eastern republic of Bashkir.
    — Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026
Definition of invaded
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  • Over the past two days crowds have thronged the central mosque where coffins containing the bodies of Khamenei and several of his family members were placed on display.
    — Xiaoqian Lin, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • Khomeini's funeral saw chaotic scenes as millions thronged his mourning ceremony and trip to the cemetery.
    — NASSER KARIMI, Arkansas Online, 5 July 2026
Definition of thronged
Verb
  • The predator that found paradise Blue crabs swarmed quietly for decades around the Po Delta lagoons.
    — Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • About an hour later, neighbors heard sirens as an ambulance, a fire truck, and police swarmed the area.
    — Eric Adler July 18, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026
Definition of swarmed

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