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noun

Definition of stampedenext
as in flood
a large group of animals or people moving together in a quick and disordered way During the morning rush hour, the coffee shop gets hit with a stampede of customers.

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verb

as in to dart
to move together in a quick and disordered manner and usually in a large group At the sound of the lunch bell, all five hundred students in the building stampeded toward the cafeteria.

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Recent Examples of stampede
Noun
Now, smoke damage is creating a similar stampede in California in the aftermath of the devastating 2025 wildfires in Los Angeles County. — Jason Henry, Daily News, 31 May 2026 After officers put an end to the fight, an impromptu stampede ensued from the concession stand to the woods, forcing officials to temporarily stop the game. — Kerri Corrado, CBS News, 29 May 2026
Verb
His friends instantly stampeded for the exits. — Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026 All five girls jumped off the couch, stampeded toward the apartment door, and tumbled into the building’s stairwell, stepping on each other’s heels. — Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for stampede
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stampede
  1. flood
  2. dart
  3. rush
  4. jog
  5. torrent
  6. flow
Noun
  • Others, like Shim’s Be Blessed Catering & Food Trailer, have shown up with food, giving away over 1,000 sandwiches to flood survivors.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • And yet, despite the flood of options, there’s even more to come, including a new addition to Ja Morant’s ever-expanding cache of Air Force 1 styles.
    — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 19 July 2026
Definition of flood
Verb
  • The audience — all Christians themselves — darted worried looks to one another, shifting uncomfortably in their seats.
    — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026
  • Skipper and scrumhalf Lucu darted over after a strong run into contact from his hooker Lamothe and touched down on the half-hour to score France’s fourth try, securing a bonus competition point.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
Definition of dart
Noun
  • Both stay open late enough to catch the post-theater rush, and their Broadway addresses put them minutes from most theaters.
    — Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
  • The almost month-long closure got its first real test during the morning rush.
    — Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Definition of rush
Verb
  • Against Senegal on matchday two, Odegaard casually jogs off the pitch at the near post to drag a player away from the box as Julian Ryerson delivers the corner.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 14 July 2026
  • Jason Melara ran out of the hospital and jogged through traffic on Culver Boulevard with two men, whom police later identified as Daymonee Johnson and Mahki Taylor.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
Definition of jog
Noun
  • An analysis of a torrent of public comments submitted on a White House proposal to change the way federal contracts and grants are doled out shows a widespread rebuke of the potential change by scientists and others.
    — Anil Oza, STAT, 15 July 2026
  • The bull case is a torrent of words at odds with cash-flow reality.
    — Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of torrent
Noun
  • Then let the traffic flow unimpeded for the benefit of both nations.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
  • Officers are trained to pull the car over in an area where the vehicles can park outside the flow of traffic.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
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