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as in throng
a great number of persons or creatures massed together
I had to fight my way through the scrum of holiday shoppers at the mall
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as in skirmish
a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups
when the server spilled a drink on a customer, they got into a bit of a scrum before being separated
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as in bedlam
British
a place of uproar or confusion
London's tube is quite a scrum during rush hour
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Recent Examples of scrum
Naz Reid #11 of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Mouhamed Gueye #18 of the Atlanta Hawks get into a scrum in the fourth quarter at Target Center on February 09, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
Lehkonen scored the first while behind the goalie, down on his knees in the blue paint during a chaotic scrum of bodies.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2026
Alongside the restaurant, a scrum of reporters screamed at the famous passersby for a soundbite.
—René Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Feb. 2026
No questions offered in that one-on-one scrum.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 3 Feb. 2026
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CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
Lehkonen scored the first while behind the goalie, down on his knees in the blue paint during a chaotic scrum of bodies.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2026
Alongside the restaurant, a scrum of reporters screamed at the famous passersby for a soundbite.
—René Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Feb. 2026
No questions offered in that one-on-one scrum.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 3 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrum
Noun
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Workers bustle by them in throngs in the center of Guadalajara.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Amongst the sandy plains of the Burning Springs region and throngs of raiders and ruthless cap collectors is Prime Video’s Fallout character, The Ghoul (Walton Goggins).—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
26 Feb. 2026
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That adjective would not apply to a public skirmish between the president of the university and the consultant that conducted the study commissioned by the university.—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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Will Ser Duncan suffer any repercussions for having inspired such a bloody and damaging skirmish?—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
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Another centered on a teenage girl (Chloë Sevigny doppelgänger Emma Halleen), whose insecurities blind her to a life that is, on its surface, pretty good, finds a palpable sadness within the bedlam of the show.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Jan. 2026
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Its trading floor — the setting for most of the hostile financial bedlam — was last seen smothered in tarpaulin while awaiting closure after the bank was acquired by an Egyptian sovereign wealth fund.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
5 Jan. 2026
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Yet Japanese crowds were well behaved long before 1945.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
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As the February Flavor Festival draws to a close, ending next Saturday at more than 100 restaurants, bars, breweries and distilleries throughout Lake County, business owners are reporting good-sized crowds.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Feb. 2026
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Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit earlier this month following the Bondi attack sparked protests at major Australian cities, including clashes between pro-Palestinian demonstrators with the police outside Sydney Town Hall.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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Hamilton reframed verbal clashes among the Founding Fathers as rap battles.—
Talya Zax,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2026
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In the fourth quarter, Soldier Field was an absolute madhouse with 60,000-plus waving towels, chewing fingernails, frothing at the mouth and … grating cheese?—
Jon Greenberg,
New York Times,
11 Jan. 2026
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Instead of the orgiastic madhouse that fans of Monster and American Horror Story have grown accustomed to, Devil in Disguise is a somber affair, as aesthetically chilly as a December in Des Plaines, Illinois.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Oct. 2025
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At one Asian society gathering, a swarm of people descended upon the then-19-year-old.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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Hundreds of heavily armed troops and police swarm the National Assembly.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Feb. 2026
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The program currently remains in another legal battle, with people able to renew their status but no new applications accepted.—
Mathew Miranda
February 26,
Sacbee.com,
27 Feb. 2026
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The battle pitted Ellison against Netflix, the industry’s biggest and most important player.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Scrum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrum. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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