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as in buzzed
to be copiously supplied
at this time of year that Mexican resort swarms with college students on spring break
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as in climbed
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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Recent Examples of swarmed
Michael Loria, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
If Pino had not killed himself on the morning of July 16, 2024, as FBI agents swarmed his Cocoplum home, he would have been charged in the indictment as the lead defendant who directed the murder-for-hire conspiracy that unfolded in two parts.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2025
Around Ann Arbor, places and rituals normally devoted to football game days got a country conversion, as streets, sidewalks and pubs swarmed with concertgoers clad in Western hats, boots, denim and fringe.
—Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 27 Sep. 2025
But eventually the feeders were swarmed by what appeared to be thousands of bees.
—Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
After another Eagles’ touchdown drive pulled them within 26-21, Davis swarmed Rams running back Kyren Williams at the Eagles’ 46 for a one-yard loss on a fourth-and-1 run.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
Ten engines were among the crews that swarmed the fire as firefighters worked to stop its spread.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2025
Then, as the Steelers swarmed, Maye gave in to his playmaking impulse again — the same that had just kept the Patriots afloat — and lost the ball trying a hopeless pitch to TreVeyon Henderson.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
Over 1,200 miles west, police and local agencies swarmed the University of Arkansas campus following a nearly identical call to dispatch days after the initial incident at Villanova.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
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Hundreds of agents swarmed apartments in the multi-story building, detaining several American citizens, including children, for hours and netting 37 total arrests.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
If Pino had not killed himself on the morning of July 16, 2024, as FBI agents swarmed his Cocoplum home, he would have been charged in the indictment as the lead defendant who directed the murder-for-hire conspiracy that unfolded in two parts.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2025
Around Ann Arbor, places and rituals normally devoted to football game days got a country conversion, as streets, sidewalks and pubs swarmed with concertgoers clad in Western hats, boots, denim and fringe.
—Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 27 Sep. 2025
But eventually the feeders were swarmed by what appeared to be thousands of bees.
—Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
After another Eagles’ touchdown drive pulled them within 26-21, Davis swarmed Rams running back Kyren Williams at the Eagles’ 46 for a one-yard loss on a fourth-and-1 run.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
Ten engines were among the crews that swarmed the fire as firefighters worked to stop its spread.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2025
Then, as the Steelers swarmed, Maye gave in to his playmaking impulse again — the same that had just kept the Patriots afloat — and lost the ball trying a hopeless pitch to TreVeyon Henderson.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
Over 1,200 miles west, police and local agencies swarmed the University of Arkansas campus following a nearly identical call to dispatch days after the initial incident at Villanova.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
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“Swarmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swarmed. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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