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stampede

[stam-peed] / stæmˈpid /


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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

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

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

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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