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hived

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past tense of hive

as in swarmed

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His Chiefs teammates came on the field and swarmed Butker, whose initial reaction was to play it cool.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2026
Beyond being used to stalk innocent people, the cameras have also swarmed random individuals with over-the-top police responses, including a journalist.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of swarmed

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Migrant workers were herded onto buses, boats and planes and sent to Mexico.

— Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Few fishing experiences rival the rush of easing close to hundreds of seabirds swooping and diving on baitfish being herded and mauled by a school of slashing striped bass.

— Ken Perrotte, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026

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Dow and DuPont combined their agricultural divisions into Corteva, while China National Chemical Corporation bought Syngenta, then merged it with Sinochem’s farm assets.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
His acquittal was overturned and the case was merged with that relating to the coup attempt.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

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Koontz, who is famously devoted to his dogs, delivers a book of nail-biting suspense that’s packed with emotion, illustrating how an expert blends genres.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 20 Aug. 2026
Anthropologie just released its viral Advent calendar, packed with $300 worth of beauty faces, and it’s bound to sell out fast.

— Josh Feldman, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2026

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Gio Gold on the other hand is a collection defined by clean, geometric patterns on white china, banded in gold and minimal enough to disappear into a table setting.

— Angela Tafoya, Architectural Digest, 21 Aug. 2026
Orange County Water District biologists originally called the eagle KD1 and banded her as part of their work to track the eagles born in California’s Prado Basin.

— Annie Colbert, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2026

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Tens of thousands thronged Tiananmen Square and surrounding streets in Beijing in 1976, after the death of Zhou Enlai, the People’s Republic’s first and widely respected premier.

— Reuters, NBC news, 18 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of thronged

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Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela have combined to add more than 1 million barrels per day of extra production.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Amihere was a perfect 7 of 7 from the field, Janelle Salaun and Tip Hayes scored 23 combined and the Valkyries bench accounted for 51 points.

— Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026

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