throngs 1 of 2

plural of throng

throngs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of throng
as in flocks
to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers fans thronged the field to celebrate the win

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Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Magnetic swarms assemble Scientists are increasingly studying how robot swarms can collectively achieve goals, drawing inspiration from ants that work together to bridge gaps or form rafts to survive floods.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Mueller says that's where the robots come in – swarms of them.
    Kira Wakeam, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Allowing for the fact that people are infinitely complex fractals who contain multitudes, there are roughly two kinds of Republicans these days.
    Noah Rothman, National Review, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Atlanta hip-hop has evolved to contain multitudes — by turns socially conscious, psychedelic, ruminative, daring and just plain weird.
    Richard Fausset, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2024
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