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 Across Britain, where the sun was more than 90% obscured, people flocked to hilltop parks and anywhere with an open view of the sky to see the best eclipse since 1999. — ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026 Underneath a giant tent with rows of colorful lanterns, crowds of hungry visitors flocked Saturday to stalls dishing out plates of teriyaki chicken, karaage and okonomiyaki pancakes. — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2026 Los Angeles residents and tourists alike flocked to Sunset Boulevard and Selma Avenue in West Hollywood Friday morning. — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026 Fans, fellow Bachelor franchise alums, and friends all flocked to the comments section to celebrate the health milestone. — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Aug. 2026 Roth hopes to immortalize the guy who drives around neighborhoods in that musical ice cream truck, the one kids have flocked to ever since wheels were invented. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026 On Friday morning, pro wrestling die-hard fans flocked to the Convention Center for autographs and merchandise. — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 31 July 2026 Yet American students and scholars flocked in droves to theory, perceiving in its recondite abstractions a thrilling new way of understanding the world—even, some believed, of changing it. — Emily Eakin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026 Based in the western Paris suburbs, the seven-year old company hasn’t attracted blue-chip venture capital investors or star engineers that have flocked to buzzy startups like Mistral AI. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 28 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flocked
  1. crowded
  2. invaded
  3. thronged
  4. swarmed
Verb
  • At another stop, a few dozen faces crowded at the back of a coffee shop in Hampton, Iowa, just after the lunch rush.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Baseball’s legends crowded the field during batting practice.
    — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of crowded
Verb
  • President Joe Biden deployed 180 million barrels to address energy market volatility after Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
  • In 1940, when France was invaded once again, Monnet went further and suggested a Franco-British union.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of invaded
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  • That’s when the north grounds of President's Park were thronged with booths, and attending crowds watched horse racing and cockfighting, according to the White House Historical Association.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of thronged
Verb
  • When word spread locally that Ruth was hospitalized, concerned fans swarmed not only the hospital, but other places that might be sources of information.
    — Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 16 Aug. 2026
  • As blood poured from Salgado’s body, other men swarmed the van, and Victor was yanked outside.
    — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of swarmed

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