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droves

NOUN

large gathering

Synonyms

STRONG

collection company crowd crush drive flock herd horde mob multitude pack press rout run swarm throng

Example Sentences

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If they show up in droves, Litafik said, that probably means that Massie is more likely to lose.

From Salon • May 14, 2026

"And it's something that our volunteers are finding in their droves at the minute, across every single community in Wales," he added.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Four years ago, when crypto prices plummeted and stocks fell into a bear market, the brokerage’s younger users stopped trading in droves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

At the same time, estate planners are retiring in droves.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

The threatened prosecution of aliens also backfired on the Federalists, when Irish immigrants in New York and Germans in Pennsylvania, formerly staunch supporters of the Adams administration, went over to the Republicans in droves.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis