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 But in the late 1970s, the country followed other nations in outlawing marijuana, and chased away the hippies who had flocked to the country. — ABC News, 5 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 Lifeguards across the state have made thousands of rescues over the last few days as people have flocked to the coast to escape a long summer heat wave. — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 29 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 Hundreds of teens soon flocked to a site downtown and fights broke out by the end of the night. — Safiyah Riddle, Fortune, 25 July 2026 This beachside escape from my already beachy hometown of Naples, Florida, was a welcome respite from the intense crowds that flocked to the Gulf like a pack of seagulls on a stray French fry. — Joey Skladany, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flocked
  1. crowded
  2. invaded
  3. thronged
  4. swarmed
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  • In a primary field that looks to be crowded by denizens of the party’s left, a credible moderate could win the nomination and, if current polling is accurate, easily defeat a MAGA GOP candidate.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Coming from Hinton, this is not just another prediction in a technology industry crowded with hype and fear.
    — Tim Bajarin, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of crowded
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  • 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
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  • Krukow says ‘thank you’ to fans Fans have swarmed to support Krukow, with hundreds of positive comments and thousands of likes filling up the various social media posts announcing his retirement.
    — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The challenge was to see how many passes each team could complete before they were dispossessed as opponents swarmed all over them.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of swarmed

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