hoard
Example Sentences
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Digital advertising hoards currently plastered with adverts for the "Big Rail Fare Freeze" are part of the same strategy.
From BBC
They looked just like rabbit holes, but supposedly gnome holes all led to a large underground cavern where they kept hoards of food.
From Literature
When shortages hit some areas of the market, analog-chip makers were able to raise prices, leading customers to hoard components.
From MarketWatch
Grandma Edem had made good money from her clam picking and trading and had left gold jewelry for all her children, but it was being hoarded by Ma’s older sister and her greedy husband.
From Literature
The inverse was the case when Covid-19 shut the world down—people stopped traveling and hoarded canned soup and toilet paper.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
