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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
Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 19 Feb. 2025
That began to change when sheep farmers arrived, and, to protect their flocks, probably killed off most potential penguin predators.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
Displaced residents flocked south on Tuesday despite the continued Israeli presence, some arriving home to find their towns and villages almost unrecognizable.
—Euan Ward, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Ohio has been particularly hard-hit, with 51 commercial flocks affected in the past 30 days.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 19 Feb. 2025
That began to change when sheep farmers arrived, and, to protect their flocks, probably killed off most potential penguin predators.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Verb
The crowds who first flocked to view the tapestry, back in the 11th century, would largely have been illiterate and narrative hangings of this nature, with a mix of picture and text inscriptions, were a way to tell stories that everyone could follow.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
Displaced residents flocked south on Tuesday despite the continued Israeli presence, some arriving home to find their towns and villages almost unrecognizable.
—Euan Ward, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flock
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Black Tap once had a thriving pop-up on West 14th St. in NYC that drew throngs of mostly millennial women but closed when the owners couldn’t negotiate a longer-term lease with the landlord.—
Gary Stern,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Bridges, now 70, was 6 years old when she was escorted to school by U.S. marshals through the streets of New Orleans surrounded by throngs of angry people protesting desegregation.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
24 Feb. 2025
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Just like in Diablo, the name of the game here is clicking to move and attack swarms of enemies in dark isometric dungeons, throwing in some magical attacks with the number keys on your keyboard as needed.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
26 Feb. 2025
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As the heat began to break on Main Street, swarms of exhausted families packed up their impulse purchases and their double-wide strollers and called it a day.—
Justine Harman,
Vulture,
6 Feb. 2025
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Several other defense names crowded the top of the index including France’s Dassault Aviation and Thales, both up around 16%.—
Jenni Reid,Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2025
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Visitors often crowd around the display case to glimpse this remarkable piece of linguistic history.—
David Nikel,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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Those pleasant water temperatures are the primary reason for the hordes of summer visitors.—
Martin E. Comas,
Orlando Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2025
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Furiosa, hiding beneath the truck, winds up fighting the invading hordes, allying herself with Jack, and joining, temporarily, Immortan Joe’s army.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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Hancock Agriculture is the second-largest beef producer, with a total herd capacity of more than 340,000.—
Shivaune Field,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Banner tells Whitfield that he’s lost his sheep herd to parasites, and Whitfield has the nerve to laugh.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
2 Mar. 2025
Verb
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As early as 2018, Israel caught wind of Hamas' battle plan to invade Israel from neighboring Gaza.—
Daniel Estrin,
NPR,
5 Mar. 2025
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The president doesn’t understand why Zelenskyy is not happy with Putin for invading the smaller country and beating the bejesus out of it, for decimating a generation of young Ukrainian soldiers, for breaking ceasefires and committing war crimes.—
Maureen Dowd,
The Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2025
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He was mobbed by teammates after the puck went in and cheered in a building where Maple Leafs are accustomed to being booed.—
Chris Johnston,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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Sliding to his knees in relentless torrential rain, the winger was understandably mobbed by his teammates both on the field and off the bench, as the travelling hoards went wild in the away end.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Flock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flock. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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