stampede
Example Sentences
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He was down in the dirt, and those boys came stampeding toward him.
From Literature
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He attributed those deaths to “stampedes,” which gives the regime a pass.
He downplayed responsibility for deaths so far by attributing some to "stampedes", but stressed that Iranian authorities had been "told very strongly" where the red lines lay.
From BBC
The stampede to move to AI to offset tariff costs has put significant upward pressure on the costs for equipment, software and construction of hyperscale data centers.
From MarketWatch
Attendees stampeded, pushing and shoving and yelling as if there were one cake, not 1,000.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.