as in throng
a great number of persons or creatures massed together
a swarm of tourists descends upon the island every summer
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as in to climb
to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling
one of the physical challenges had competitors swarming over a pile of logs
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Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
Self-organization refers to when initially disordered systems, such as a jungle of plants or a swarm of bees, achieve order without anything controlling them.
—Chantal Nguyen, The Conversation, 13 Sep. 2024
Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2024
In June, the Chinese coast guard and the Philippine navy faced off directly for the first time when Chinese forces swarmed Philippine personnel in an attempt to block them from resupplying a key Philippine outpost in contested waters.
—Marites Dañguilan Vitug, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2024
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Noun
All of those flaws hardly matter when the visual storytelling on display is so strong: From melting flesh to swarms of spiders to the pale white eyes of the possessed, Fulci delivers nonstop fright after fright.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
Self-organization refers to when initially disordered systems, such as a jungle of plants or a swarm of bees, achieve order without anything controlling them.
—Chantal Nguyen, The Conversation, 13 Sep. 2024
Verb
Some video showed mobs vandalizing police vehicles, including one where people swarmed and stomped on a police cruiser.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2024
In June, the Chinese coast guard and the Philippine navy faced off directly for the first time when Chinese forces swarmed Philippine personnel in an attempt to block them from resupplying a key Philippine outpost in contested waters.
—Marites Dañguilan Vitug, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2024
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“Swarm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swarm. Accessed 21 Oct. 2024.
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