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stampede

[stam-peed] / stæmˈpid /


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Stanford and MIT graduates are doing just fine, but a stampede of students into this major over the last two decades produced more coders than companies need.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

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

In the frenzied stampede, his flimsy wooden coffin broke and his white shrouded body tumbled into the crowds.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

Then, right behind them, a stampede of men in UFC T-shirts: the Running of the Bros.

From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026

This tremor was more extreme, caused by something bigger than a strange stampede.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

The stampedes have been so intense that a number have been forced to institute caps on daily withdrawals.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 12, 2026

Deadly stampedes and crowd crushes are a common occurrence at big Indian gatherings and religious festivals.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2025

The deafening roar of the aircraft startled nearby livestock, sending cattle into panicked stampedes.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2025

Kendall decides Shiv should handle Matsson, who stampedes through the crowd and catches Tom off guard.

From Salon ● May 8, 2023

Anger stampedes through me, hot and lively, and the muffled feeling around my ears falls away, making even this quiet Abnegation street sound loud.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

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

“All people are fallible, even a great president like Roosevelt. He got stampeded by the hysteria of the time, the racism of the time. And he signed Executive Order 9066,” Takei said.

From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2024

A cheer went up, and a dozen kids stampeded into the pillbox.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

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

According to Ms. Smith, the LP’s title evoked “the stampeding current of the world, the pitfalls and possibilities of youth.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025

Life-sized animal puppets that have been stampeding through cities across Africa will make their way to London next month.

From BBC ● May 21, 2025

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

There were two or three stampeding stallions, manes flaring, next to stormy seashores in her bedroom.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez




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