horde
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What’s more intimidating, an 800-pound gorilla or a horde of small ones?
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 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
At first glance, the horde of pedestrians — mostly young women — circling the streets of Santa Monica in late January appeared to be a run club.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
Despite relatively robust fundamentals and a horde of backers on Wall Street, the stock is down 27% in 2026.
From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026
Anya gaped at the horde of chirruping birds all around her, and she whispered to Håkon, “These are your friends?”
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
The production value is high, storytelling is captivating and hordes of fellow inmates get involved as actors and crew.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
“Zone One” is a smart take on the shuffling hordes and pandemic survivors who try to take Manhattan back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 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
Plus, there are fewer shopping malls to employ the vast hordes of teens during the summer months.
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
He will be the first elf welcomed within those walls, surrounded by those goblin hordes and given a free pass to walk among them.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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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
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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
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
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
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