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An armada of monster-pirates, the Kakamora — think coconut-flavored Gremlins — are a hectic horde with nice textures when the camera holds on them for longer than two seconds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

Highlighting the swarming horde was the example filmed by marine biologist Kori Burkhardt—of a shark she dubbed Kamakai—which was 18 feet long and is, presumably, growing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

This isn’t the first time unusual weather has spawned a mosquito horde in the region during what should be the insect’s offseason.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026

The latest securities filing shows Strategy purchased its horde of 713,502 tokens for an average price of $76,052 each, or $54.26 billion in total.

From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026

“Cluny’s horde did this to me,” croaked the fox.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

That night, a million hushed “sorry!’s” could be heard throughout the auditorium as hordes of alternatively inclined women — because there were mostly women — flattened themselves to move through their row.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Well-heeled travelers are splurging to avoid hordes and hassles inside the airport.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Scotland will play Morocco in the city later and afterwards the hordes of fans that have called the city home for the past week or so are expected to head to Florida.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

Whether or not hordes of international fans will take over I-95 on foot to get to the stadium is another question entirely.

From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026

The citizens of Anielle were warriors from birth, and had been guardians against the hordes of the wild men from the White Fang Mountains for generations.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

Like these commodities, data siphoned by tech companies from COVID-19 screening may be the next asset to be horded and exploited.

From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2020

He got it from a fellow inmate, and he horded it under his bed. 

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2015

Outside the walls of Harrenhal, a wolf horded long and loud.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Their chief places of resort, and where, during the inclemency of winter, they horded or housed together, were, Kirk Yetholm, Rothbury, Horncliff, Spittal, and Tweedmouth.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various

What if some luckless farmer should have his home burned from around him or his horded tobacco and corn destroyed?

From The Nightrider's Feud by Walter C. McConnell

Another market force at play is consumer behavior, in this case, hording.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2023

Cole has refused medical attention and ignored his personal hygiene, hording food and living in a darkened cell with little to no communication with staff or fellow prisoners, his attorneys told the panel.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2022

That could lead to some destructive outcomes if competing countries start collecting and hording arable land, Lazard said.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 16, 2022

Can you imagine if every rich person was so focused on making the world a better place, instead of either hording their wealth or squandering it on fancy junk and stoking their egos.

From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2018

I would rather be an automaton in a factory than a paper pusher or a money hording entrepreneur.

From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Steven (Steven David Justin) Sills