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stampede

[stam-peed] / stæmˈpid /


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Stanford and MIT graduates are doing just fine, but a stampede of students into this major over the last two decades produced more coders than companies need.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Sayers said: "Seals need sleep just like we do... When they're disturbed, they can panic, stampede across a beach or throw themselves into the sea, risking serious injury."

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

That triggered a stampede of fans trying to leave the stadium after many thought it was a gunshot, San Pedro coach Corey Walsh said Saturday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

Then, right behind them, a stampede of men in UFC T-shirts: the Running of the Bros.

From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026

Vanderbilt swung the gates open and unleashed a human stampede.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

The stampedes have been so intense that a number have been forced to institute caps on daily withdrawals.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 12, 2026

He downplayed responsibility for deaths so far by attributing some to "stampedes", but stressed that Iranian authorities had been "told very strongly" where the red lines lay.

From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026

Deadly stampedes and crowd crushes are a common occurrence at big Indian gatherings and religious festivals.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2025

Human nature hasn’t changed enough since then to shield masses of people from being seduced and intimidated into servility and herd-like stampedes.

From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2025

Hale toiled day and night for a pittance; he rode through storms—hail, lightning, sand—and survived stampedes, guiding the cattle into smaller and smaller circles before they could trample him.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Consumers have stampeded toward protein, and food-industry giants are chasing them with new product innovations.

From MarketWatch ● May 5, 2026

Attendees stampeded, pushing and shoving and yelling as if there were one cake, not 1,000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025

“Zootopia 2” has already stampeded past $1 billion to surpass its predecessor, and the awards nominations have just begun slithering in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025

AI stampeded into America’s collective consciousness over the last year with reports that a science fiction-worthy new tool was landing job interviews, writing publication-worthy books and acing the bar exam.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 24, 2023

And the suitors mad with fear at her great sign stampeded like stung cattle by a river when the dread shimmering gadfly strikes in summer, in the flowering season, in the long-drawn days.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

“Man I Need” reached No. 1, stampeding across TikTok.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Life-sized animal puppets that have been stampeding through cities across Africa will make their way to London next month.

From BBC ● May 21, 2025

The thud snapped Seattle’s streak of six consecutive series wins, as the Mariners dropped three of four to a stampeding Twins team that has won 15 of their last 17 games.

From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2024

Beauty-store barbarian Sephora tweens stampeding through skin-care aisles and slathering their baby faces in retinol?

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2024

There were two or three stampeding stallions, manes flaring, next to stormy seashores in her bedroom.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez


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