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hosts

noun

plural of host

as in swarms

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 armies

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 announcers

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 hosts Dinner reservations were also required for Linnette’s on my visit, but sometimes the restaurant hosts didn’t use the reservation system on quieter nights—which could muck up a Resy app attendance record. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026 King will participate in a live taping of the Welcome to the Party podcast, joining soccer-star hosts Abby Wambach and Julie Foudy. — Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026 There will be back-to-back hosts in east Asia, as Beijing next year follows Tokyo in 2025. — Liam Tharme, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 This season brings back co-hosts Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough. — ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026 Your 6th House of Work hosts loving Venus, who squares intense Pluto in your 9th House of Travel and Learning, so tasks collide with expanding perspectives. — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026 Solid navy leather forms the tongue and mustache, the latter of which hosts gold debossed branding for Sneaker Politics. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026 After a summer hiatus and several notable guest hosts, Jimmy Kimmel returned to Jimmy Kimmel Live. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2026 Among this year’s hosts are New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson — who just lead his franchise to its first NBA Finals win in 53 years — and Dakota Johnson, who stars in the adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s thriller Verity this October. — Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026

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Noun

The company has developed its own autonomy system, called Legion, and was selected for a Defense Innovation Unit effort focused on command and control for drone swarms under the Replicator initiative.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026
There has been a string of alarming incidents in which swarms of rogue AI agents have hacked online platforms such as Hugging Face and surreptitiously communicated with one another on message boards.

— Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026

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The majority went to coaches’ and athletic directors’ ever-escalating salaries, lavish facilities and small armies of support staffers, nutritionists — even barbers.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Meanwhile, police forces across the country have transformed from lightly armed constabularies to small-scale armies.

— Daniel Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of armies

Noun

Will Sammon spoke to the announcers who have shared the booth with Rose over the years.

— Andy McCullough, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Cantor is one of the most famous soccer announcers in the world, having called some 14 FIFA World Cups, including the very first Women’s World Cup final in 1991.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of announcers

Noun

With her high heels, bright smile, and entourage of millennial assistants and executives, Terekh stands out in her factory, where throngs of middle-aged men lug drone parts, wield power tools and chain-smoke cigarettes.

— Aidan Stretch, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
The cows made their way to the altar — with the handlers helping to guide them with hay — through throngs of people and a few mascots sitting in seats and lined up on the streets, who stopped by just to see the unique occasion.

— Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of throngs

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Nor could Grossman write about collaborators or the punishment battalions composed of convicts that were used as cannon fodder (one of many parallels between the conduct of the Soviet army and the present-day Russian military in Ukraine).

— Nick Holdstock, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026
In northern Sumy and Kharkiv oblasts, Russian forces are reportedly disbanding some tank battalions and reallocating younger servicemembers to drone units, while assigning other personnel to assault units.

— Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of battalions

Noun

There are flocks of geese and ducks, soaring hawks, chipmunks, deer, numerous varieties of insects, and many, many more.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
With several scenes showcasing flocks of pigeons, Mundruczó estimates that around 1,000 birds were used in the production — which filmed in Sydney, Australia and New York — with professional pigeon handlers present on set.

— Ellise Shafer, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of flocks

Noun

By then, hordes of evacuees from the North Tower were walking north on Sixth Avenue to escape the terror.

— Bob Kustra, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
Magic shows and jousts draw hordes of festival-goers, with performers and some visitors wearing period clothing.

— Kyle Werner, Des Moines Register, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of hordes

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Saturday brought periods of rain, smaller crowds and people huddling beneath umbrellas while performers and vendors pushed ahead.

— J.M. Banks, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026
And for all the complaints that Hollywood has basically abandoned film festivals, there was no shortage of celebrities to elicit big reactions from crowds.

— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026

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