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as in throng
a great number of persons or creatures massed together
a flock of obstreperous reporters at the press conference
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Recent Examples of flock
Kinsey Jasnoch, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
But the Louisiana case shows that precautions should be taken by people with backyard chicken flocks, hunters and other bird enthusiasts, the CDC said.
—Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
Gregory Castillo, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
This is the real reason tech CEOs are flocking to Trump.
—Fox News, 18 Dec. 2024
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This scene is well-known, revered even, for the disturbing whimsy with which Mary delivers the story of a member of her flock who died in a tragic car accident.
—Kinsey Jasnoch, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
But the Louisiana case shows that precautions should be taken by people with backyard chicken flocks, hunters and other bird enthusiasts, the CDC said.
—Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
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The intrigue: While Texans flock to Japan, Japan is embracing Texas.
—Gregory Castillo, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
This is the real reason tech CEOs are flocking to Trump.
—Fox News, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flock
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Advertisement The city’s mayor and top police official stood among a throng of heavily armed officers last Thursday when Mangione was flown to a Manhattan heliport and slowly escorted up a pier after being extradited from Pennsylvania.Michael R. Sisak and Jake Offenhartz, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Warren himself was too overcome to talk to a throng of reporters who awaited his release.CBS News, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2024
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The game tells the story of a future Earth long after catastrophe—in the form of an autonomous robotic swarm—has ruined the planet.Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2024
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These new bots swarm websites not to catalog content but to feed that content to AI, a technology that threatens to replace search as the default means of online discovery (and does so by digesting and regurgitating the content in a monstrous, unciteable form).Longreads, Longreads, 19 Dec. 2024
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Add steak bites to skillet, in batches if needed (do not crowd the skillet).Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Jan. 2025
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But some get crowded on summer weekends, so a visit in spring (especially on a weekday) will give you more elbow room.Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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With Barcelona booming these days, locals’ displeasure over hordes of visitors clomping around town has made lots of news.John Oseid, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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There are now hordes of straight women on every continent who have become fans of mine—I’ve been shown the chat rooms and the TikTok comments by my team.Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2024
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Twenty years later, half the country’s cows were raised in herds of 1,300 or more.Simon Hill, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2024
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More:Raw milk has documented health risks, but if RFK Jr. leads HHS, its backers expect a boost More than 700 dairy herds have tested positive for bird flu across 15 states, mostly in California.Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
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President Harry Truman, shortly after World War II, made a $100 million offer for Greenland, according to the Post. Axios: Trump is dreaming to expand the American empire, floating acquiring Greenland, annexing Canada, and potentially invading Mexico.Emily Brooks, The Hill, 25 Dec. 2024
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In October, Israeli ground troops invaded southern Lebanon after a year of fighting with Hezbollah militants.Josef Federman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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For example, in 2023, tech bros mobbed the Grace Hopper Celebration, the world’s largest conference for women and nonbinary tech workers.Coleen M. Carrigan, WIRED, 9 Dec. 2024
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Teammates mobbed Moody as the 49ers improved to 5-4 on the season.Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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“Flock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flock. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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