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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

A horde of dancers scatter beneath the vaulted belly of Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s recently opened David Geffen Galleries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026

Police received multiple complaints as the horde of riders moved on to Berkeley, Oakland and San Francisco.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

Delroy Lindo recently earned his first Academy Award nomination for his role in “Sinners” as Delta Slim, a blues musician who helps fight a vampire horde in a Mississippi juke joint.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026

The members of the horde watched the way he strode purposefully about.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Parts of Los Angeles are abuzz with hordes of figeater beetles, also known as green fruit beetles or Cotinis mutabilis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Pricey options to escape airport hordes and hassles are multiplying as affluent travelers seek more comfort and less friction without shelling out for a private jet.

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

Frank wasn’t sure what scared him more: shaggy-cow monsters, hordes of restless ghosts, or going somewhere alone with Nico di Angelo.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

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

Their attics were museums where were horded every sort of object against the time when it might be needed.

From Carl and the Cotton Gin by Sara Ware Bassett

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

Your aristocracy is a base imitation of our snobby, revelling in the heartless hording of gold, and vaunting of bad English.'

From The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth by Timothy Templeton