as in darting
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 stampeding
Buffalo is stampeding right now and won’t be stopped.
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Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026
After Grande is seen walking down an aisle, the event appears to be disrupted by a group of stampeding animals.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Unfortunately, this all amounted to a 35-7 drubbing for the Jaguars at the hands of the stampeding Rams.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 25 Oct. 2025
The hilariously surreal visual of 17 children stampeding through suburbia like a herd of angry elephants with murderous intent required some clever cinematic trickery.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026
After Grande is seen walking down an aisle, the event appears to be disrupted by a group of stampeding animals.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Unfortunately, this all amounted to a 35-7 drubbing for the Jaguars at the hands of the stampeding Rams.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 25 Oct. 2025
The hilariously surreal visual of 17 children stampeding through suburbia like a herd of angry elephants with murderous intent required some clever cinematic trickery.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stampeding
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Testifying in his own defense, Tyler said Wofford pointed a gun at him, her finger on the trigger, hands slightly shaking and eyes darting.—
Sam Charles,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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The singer-songwriter’s second album spotlights her wayward, darting mind and steadily droning guitar, with help from a constellation of fellow indie rockers from New York City and the Hudson Valley.—
Jayson Greene,
Pitchfork,
3 Mar. 2026
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Farke, 49, was shown a red card by referee Peter Bankes after jogging onto the Elland Road pitch and confronting the match officials following the 1-0 defeat.—
Ali Rampling,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Gripping the football with fingers covered in Filipino tribal tattoos extending in a sleeve up his arm, Koy looks across the expanse of emerald green turf at his son jogging toward the south end zone of the Inglewood stadium on a recent afternoon.—
Deputy Entertainment,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Stampeding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stampeding. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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