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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Chirring insects, cool eels, darting dice snakes in the Volga delta.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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The footage ends as the officer glances back toward the bench where the suspect was supposed to be handcuffed, before giving chase, with two other officers quickly darting out from behind the reception desk to join her.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
22 Jan. 2026
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A couple years ago, another runner spent the better part of 12 months jogging every street in Manhattan, a 750-mile endeavor.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Jan. 2026
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Barker was seen jogging in a video the organization shared on Instagram, which showed a high turnout of runners from various age groups.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
29 Dec. 2025
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“Stampeding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stampeding. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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