as in crowding
to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers vacationers flocked to the towns along the shore in order to escape the August heat
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Recent Examples of flocking The summer high season, with tourists flocking to the Indiana Dunes National and State Parks, is a busy time for local law enforcement, Herron-Jolley said. —
Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026 Clear has benefitted from the longer wait times at airports, with travelers flocking to the service that lets users bypass traditional screening checks. —Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 14 Apr. 2026 Now, sightseers are flocking to his hometown. —Brittney Melton, NPR, 13 Apr. 2026 Regularly cleaning feeders is one of the best ways to prevent conjunctivitis, fungal infections, and other diseases from spreading among the birds flocking to your yard. —Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for flocking
Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026 Clear has benefitted from the longer wait times at airports, with travelers flocking to the service that lets users bypass traditional screening checks. —Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 14 Apr. 2026 Now, sightseers are flocking to his hometown. —Brittney Melton, NPR, 13 Apr. 2026 Regularly cleaning feeders is one of the best ways to prevent conjunctivitis, fungal infections, and other diseases from spreading among the birds flocking to your yard. —Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for flocking
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As for crowding, Wind Cave sees its peak in summer, with around 100,000 visitors per month.— Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2026
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Use clean, sharp pruning tools to remove any branches growing vertically to reduce crowding and allow better airflow between the branches, which can help prevent fungal diseases.— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2026
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The tall grass and low brush keeps the snow soft for winter roosting and snow burrowing, but it’s being taken over by tamarac trees invading the edges.— Andrew Weeks, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2026
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The escalation has now resulted in Israel, with Trump holding their hand in this Thelma and Louise-style adventure, invading two sovereign countries (Lebanon and Iran) and brazenly hitting nuclear power plants, prompting Russia to warn the world of a potential nuclear disaster.— Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026
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College coaches are already swarming.— Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
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Interactive, live displays with tarantulas, scorpions, and butterflies -- if that sounds like a swarming good time, head down to the Riverside Insect Fair on Saturday, April 25.— Julie Sharp, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
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Everything around him pounding in its pulse, the song of the world thronging in all its discord.— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
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Nowhere perhaps was the searing heat more evident than at Melbourne Park, where the usual crowds thronging outside the Australian Open tennis tournament dwindled to a ghost town as temperatures soared.— CBS News, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
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