crowd around/round
phrasal verb
crowded around/round; crowding around/round; crowds around/round
: to form a tight group around (something or someone)
A small group of people crowded around the car.
When one of the protesters began to speak, the people crowded around (him) to hear what he had to say.
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Jabbar then sped through a crowd around 3:15 a.m. on Wednesday, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens more.
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Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
The pick-up truck plowed into the crowd around 3:15 a.m. and the driver, who appeared to be carrying an ISIS flag in the truck, fired on police officers from inside the vehicle, New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2025
Fans in the crowd around Schwallier pointed their cell phone lights at her sign.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 8 Feb. 2024
As Al-A'ami pulls out pictures of her four brothers — Abdullah, Ibrahim, Ahmed and Mohammed — others crowd around her and do the same.
—Claire Harbage, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
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Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
The pick-up truck plowed into the crowd around 3:15 a.m. and the driver, who appeared to be carrying an ISIS flag in the truck, fired on police officers from inside the vehicle, New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2025
Fans in the crowd around Schwallier pointed their cell phone lights at her sign.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 8 Feb. 2024
As Al-A'ami pulls out pictures of her four brothers — Abdullah, Ibrahim, Ahmed and Mohammed — others crowd around her and do the same.
—Claire Harbage, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Crowd around/round.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crowd%20around%2Fround. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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