stampede
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But what about the elephant stampede that has been under way for the past few years?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 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
Eventually, a law enforcement officer dressed in what looked like a leadership uniform came forward to beg crowds not to stampede the entrances.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
If this had been an ordinary crowd, one could easily imagine the terrified stampede that might have ensued.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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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
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
The ceremony was marred by tragedy on a number of occasions in the 1990s and 2000s, when hundreds died in stampedes during the stoning ritual.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 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
“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
The young policeman on duty took fright and left as we stampeded through the door.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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The turmoil currently sweeping through the $3 trillion private credit market has investors stampeding out of the funds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
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
Beauty-store barbarian Sephora tweens stampeding through skin-care aisles and slathering their baby faces in retinol?
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 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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