scrums

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as in throngs
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 skirmishes
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 madhouses
British a place of uproar or confusion London's tube is quite a scrum during rush hour

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“Scrums.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrums. Accessed 7 Dec. 2023.

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