as in crowd
a great number of persons or creatures massed together
grabbed a megaphone and addressed the vast throng
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Recent Examples of throng
Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
Teasdale was wedged within the throngs of the crowds but happy to have a clear view of Kirk.
—Rick Jervis, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 3 Aug. 2025
Still, his supporters thronged outside the New York courtroom waving bottles of baby oil — an infamous detail of the trial — in a pseudo-ironic celebration of his acquittal on the most serious charges.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
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Noun
But there is no apparent mechanism to prevent those Hamas members from joining the throngs of Palestinians evacuating south.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
Teasdale was wedged within the throngs of the crowds but happy to have a clear view of Kirk.
—Rick Jervis, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
Creating magnets for more homeless to throng to the subways would be a gut punch for New Yorkers who have to use the subways to get to their jobs.
—Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 3 Aug. 2025
Still, his supporters thronged outside the New York courtroom waving bottles of baby oil — an infamous detail of the trial — in a pseudo-ironic celebration of his acquittal on the most serious charges.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for throng
Noun
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Laufey was standing in front of a packed crowd of some 12,000 adoring fans at Oakland Arena.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
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The Masters champ addressed the media after Europe prevailed over the United States 15-13, and specifically called into question the contentious atmosphere and raucous crowd.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Seeking to stop voters from flocking to Reform UK, Labour talked tough on immigration.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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This weekend’s Chiefs game — which ended in the Kansas City team defeating the Ravens 37-20 — marked the second match-up Swift has attended this season without being spotted by the usual horde of fans and cameras that used to flock to her on game days.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
29 Sep. 2025
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One day, tiny robot swarms, not bulky machines, may help in the future of disaster response, environmental monitoring, and medical procedures.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Sep. 2025
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Large flocks of birds — or swarms of bats or insects — at the right altitude and speed reflect enough energy to appear on radar much like a storm.—
Brandi D. Addison,
The Providence Journal,
29 Sep. 2025
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Regardless, with your trusty pulse rifle, blasting through the horde never gets too stale, and the 'bullet-sponginess' some have criticized actually feels right for monsters that are meant to be fearsome.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Reserve a table at Agricola for a grown-up, farm-to-table meal, or follow the hordes of students for a hoagie at Olives.—
Sarah Buder,
AFAR Media,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Throng.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throng. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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