as in crowd
a great number of persons or creatures massed together
grabbed a megaphone and addressed the vast throng
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Recent Examples of throng
News Desk, Artforum, 17 June 2025
The annually changing throng of mural artists also ensures that the concrete wall of the Downtown Parking Garage is filled with dreamy, eye-catching scenes.
—Shauna Farnell, Denver Post, 30 May 2025
Hadley Meares, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2025
In all, the Interior Ministry said 22 security personnel and seven firefighters were injured, in addition to 192 injuries among people thronging the streets.
—Roger Cohen, New York Times, 1 June 2025
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Noun
An unplanned work stoppage by employees at the Louvre in Paris caused the museum to close for several hours on the morning of June 16, as throngs of ticketed visitors waited outside in the blazing sun.
—News Desk, Artforum, 17 June 2025
The annually changing throng of mural artists also ensures that the concrete wall of the Downtown Parking Garage is filled with dreamy, eye-catching scenes.
—Shauna Farnell, Denver Post, 30 May 2025
Verb
On Saturday night, over 600 power players from the worlds of entertainment, art and philanthropy thronged The Geffen Contemporary for the 2025 MOCA Gala, raising $3.1 million for LA’s Museum of Contemporary Art.
—Hadley Meares, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2025
In all, the Interior Ministry said 22 security personnel and seven firefighters were injured, in addition to 192 injuries among people thronging the streets.
—Roger Cohen, New York Times, 1 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for throng
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For the grand finale, singer, songwriter and actor Anthony Hamilton turned the dial down a few notches with a seemingly endless medley of southern R&B fitting for the festival's sophisticated, older crowd.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
The Enquirer,
27 July 2025
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No Me Quiero Ir De Aqui with a show-stopping performance and two special guests: rising star Young Miko and salsa legend Gilberto Santa Rosa both came out to a roaring crowd and joined Benito onstage for a pair of songs.—
Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
26 July 2025
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Celebrity tans are approaching early-aughts amber, and if dermatologists’ observations and social media are any indication, teens are flocking to the beach in pursuit of scorching burns.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
19 July 2025
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Avid viewers flocked to the comments section of an Instagram post shared by HGTV on Thursday, July 3, to express their disappointment in the network’s decision to discontinue several top shows.—
Natalia Senanayake,
People.com,
18 July 2025
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This discovery is a big deal – until now, efforts to control outbreaks, or swarms, of these animals have been laborious and largely futile, requiring individual animals to be sited and removed.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 July 2025
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Fears of India and Pakistan being a mistake away from nuclear war rose as the two countries hit each other’s military infrastructure with airstrikes and swarms of drones.—
Sam Dalrymple,
Time,
14 July 2025
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The singer had an electrifying and unpredictable onstage presence and a dry sense of humor that endeared him to hordes of adoring fans.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
22 July 2025
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Their hordes of fans, all in replica jerseys, found propping up the bars of finish towns until the town’s beer is finished, have their first moment of real celebration.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
22 July 2025
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“Throng.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throng. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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