stampede
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A scare occurred Saturday at Los Angeles Southwest College in San Pedro, where a loud noise triggered a stampede out of the stadium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
"The referendum is the cloud over everything," said Corey Hogan, a Liberal MP from Calgary who invited dozens of his colleagues from across the country to this year's stampede to promote unity.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
In the biography “Mick Jagger,” author Philip Norman described it as “a veritable stampede to the altar.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Then, right behind them, a stampede of men in UFC T-shirts: the Running of the Bros.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
For a second it looked like a stampede of Dusky Devastators of the Depression, they all jumped up at once and started heading for our table.
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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The stampedes have been so intense that a number have been forced to institute caps on daily withdrawals.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 12, 2026
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 ● Jan. 9, 2026
Deadly stampedes and crowd crushes are a common occurrence at big Indian gatherings and religious festivals.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2025
Kendall decides Shiv should handle Matsson, who stampedes through the crowd and catches Tom off guard.
From Salon ● May 8, 2023
Hale toiled day and night for a pittance; he rode through storms—hail, lightning, sand—and survived stampedes, guiding the cattle into smaller and smaller circles before they could trample him.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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Consumers have stampeded toward protein, and food-industry giants are chasing them with new product innovations.
From MarketWatch ● May 5, 2026
Attendees stampeded, pushing and shoving and yelling as if there were one cake, not 1,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
“Zootopia 2” has already stampeded past $1 billion to surpass its predecessor, and the awards nominations have just begun slithering in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
AI stampeded into America’s collective consciousness over the last year with reports that a science fiction-worthy new tool was landing job interviews, writing publication-worthy books and acing the bar exam.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 24, 2023
The passengers stampeded out of the train like a herd of cows that were late for a very important milking appointment.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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Viral images of 72,000 migrants stampeding into Ceuta looked like a security collapse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Even the adults are too absorbed by their screens to notice a herd of dolls stampeding through a house.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
For both England Under-20s and Sale's senior side, his stampeding line breaks have become a familiar sight.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2024
The thud snapped Seattle’s streak of six consecutive series wins, as the Mariners dropped three of four to a stampeding Twins team that has won 15 of their last 17 games.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2024
We stop short of stampeding Jack Kang and the group of Candor that followed him here.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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