hither

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Then there’s this passage: The king has “sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

“He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

When Santos is sworn in on Capitol Hill next week, it will send a Bat-signal across the land: Come hither, crooks and swindlers, con artists and hustlers all.

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2022

What followed were several centuries of new offices and swarm upon swarm of bureaucrats come hither.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 2, 2022

Skirting the hither side of the pool where the hobbits had bathed, they crossed the stream, climbed a long bank, and passed into green-shadowed woodlands that marched ever downwards and westwards.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien