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legions

noun

plural of legion

as in armies

a large body of men and women organized for land warfare joined the French Foreign Legion

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as in throngs

a great number of persons or creatures massed together legions of fans crowded the stadium for the rock concert

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Recent Examples of legions Beneath the megacap surface, legions of stocks are languishing in their own bear markets. — Daren Fonda, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026 What steps SiriusXM will take to address the issue called to their attention by legions of working- and middle-class comics is not yet clear. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026 The ads for online gambling can seem as ubiquitous as the score, luring legions into a new scourge of addiction. — Tracy Weber, ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2026 For many of the legions of K-Pop fans in mainland China, Hong Kong is the most accessible place to see a K-Pop concert. — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026 Part of that rise may be due to demand from legions of bro-sphere podcasters chugging down beef smoothies. — Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2026 So when, in late March, Dion announced her Paris dates, her legions of fans were prepared to meet the moment. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2026 People walked through the legions of resting workers, asking if anyone needed a ride home. — Devin Friedman, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026 Among the newspaper’s alums was Mildred Wirt Benson, better known to legions of Nancy Drew fans as Carolyn Keene, the original author of the mystery books featuring the plucky amateur detective. — Kate Brumback, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026

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Russia and Ukraine are engaged in a long-range aerial war as their armies remain largely deadlocked on the battlefield, more than 4½ years after Moscow's all-out invasion of its neighbor.

— SAMYA KULLAB, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
Russia and Ukraine are engaged in a long-range aerial war as their armies remain largely deadlocked on the battlefield, more than 4½ years after Moscow’s all-out invasion of its neighbor.

— Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

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Leo's visit to Paris came as a birthday present for Jean-Claude Farnabe, who turned 63 on Saturday and spent the morning securing a spot amid the throngs of people.

— CBS News, CBS News, 26 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

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The twentieth century industrialized advisory through hordes of ambitious young graduates and an apprenticeship model that allowed advice to be sold by those with much less viabexperience.

— Albert Mikkelsen, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Outside of Hotel Chelsea, hordes of fans greeted this season’s cast, who have made the long-running series a cult favorite.

— Lauren Sanchez, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of hordes

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My interview with Altman had been arranged weeks earlier, just as the first revelations emerged about swarms of rogue AI agents conspiring to hack websites.

— Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
Drone swarms were used to provide targeting information to ground units, while tactical UAVs, armed helicopters and unmanned ground vehicles coordinated attacks against simulated targets.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of swarms

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This summer, a mosquito control company based in Silver Spring, Maryland, began introducing flocks of infertile male mosquitos in residential communities to prevent eggs from hatching.

— Angie Orellana Hernandez, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026
Kramer thanked YouTube native Parsons for his film Backroom, which helped energize young audiences, and also noted how the youth demographic flocks to Academy screenings of classic cinema.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of flocks

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This once-sleepy coastal village is now a hot spot for tourists, with legendary sunsets that attract crowds.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
The huge crowds were stressful for police, who ended up working longer shifts than usual to deal with traffic, accidents, shoplifting and other issues.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026

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