host

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as in swarm
a great number of persons or creatures massed together a host of people assembled along the parade route to see the new president

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as in army
a large body of men and women organized for land warfare the small band of defenders was no match for the enemy's mighty host of thousands

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as in announcer
a person who conducts a program of entertainment by making introductions and providing continuity our favorite morning TV show has a new host

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Recent Examples of host Buttercream is a mix of butter and sugar, flavored with a whole host of liquid extracts. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2025 On this week’s episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast, host Alex Cooper sat down with the comedian for a wide-ranging conversation when the subject of 50 Cent came up. Lauren Huff, EW.com, 7 Feb. 2025 What's next: The Pistons host Philadelphia tonight at 7:30pm at Little Caesars Arena. Joe Guillen, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025 Bachelor host Jesse Palmer would excel on The Traitors, says Wells Adams Besides Alexe and Linda, what were some of the arrivals that stood out to you the most? Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for host 
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Noun
  • Follow more of our reporting on City of Miami Crime Police swarm downtown Miami to investigate a death and injuries.
    Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Ellie and Dina are shown slow-dancing before running from a swarm of infected.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2025
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  • Flanked by an army of rodeo clowns and seated on a massive pink horse, Roan (in custom Steve Madden cowboy boots and plenty of fringe) belted out her first single as the crowd (led by Janelle Monáe) sang along.
    Lauren Coates, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Last week, pro-Hezbollah Shiite residents of southern Lebanon defied Israeli army orders and sought to storm into their villages.
    Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025
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  • Save your money for the grand Masquerade Ball on Washington’s Birthday. 100 YEARS AGO: 1924 Every mail brings interesting letters to Eben R. Dennis, director of and announcer for the radio broadcasting station WFAN, operated by the Hutchinson Electric Service company.
    Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Imagine starting your 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday mornings to the day long sounds of blaring music, announcers, and now the tolling of the bells for every third down.
    Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2025
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  • Of those, 103 were commercial flocks, while the remaining were backyard flocks.
    Rebekah Riess, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Later, a flock of storks came wheeling in high on the thermals, and the camp gathered to watch.
    Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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  • Prior to his civil service career, from 1966 to 1969, Dr. Arendt was a soldier in the U.S. Army and served as a battalion mail clerk, a 4.2mm mortarman in Alaska and a military policeman in Colorado at Fort Carson's maximum-security stockade.
    Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Another battalion serviceman told CNN the North Koreans had shown good marksmanship when shooting down drones from about a 100-meter distance, suggesting a high level of training in North Korea.
    Victoria Butenko, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
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  • Playing at Tsongas Center on the campus of UMass Lowell, the Boston Fleet drew a sellout crowd of 5,912 for their last home game before the break on Jan. 31, and have seen their average attendance rise by about 400 fans this season, to just over 4,000.
    Carol Schram, Forbes, 8 Feb. 2025
  • With Philly fans in town, that just might be literal: the Big Easy might have to count their Romeo catchers when big game crowds go home.
    Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2025
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  • Before the throng of elated orange jerseys surrounded him, Jack Bech spun the football down to the turf with his right hand, took a knee and prayed.
    Christopher Kamrani, The Athletic, 2 Feb. 2025
  • But police — whose presence early in the demonstration was minimal — did not converge on the demonstrators, even as throngs made their way onto the freeway.
    Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2025
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  • The commercial depicts a park ranger at an active volcano who is battling hordes of people who are confusing actual lava with the confection.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2025
  • But the idea that hordes of undercover agents instigated the Capitol riot gained traction and fuelled right-wing hostilities toward the Bureau.
    Tess Owen, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2025

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