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swarm

[swawrm] / swɔrm /




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The same week as her trip to the grocery store, Amundson was driving when she saw six masked officers jump out of a car and swarm a man sitting alone at a bus stop.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

That was the cue to a swarm of Mr. Vance’s social-media minions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Seismometers first recorded a small swarm of earthquakes on May 8.

From Science Daily Jul. 10, 2026

"As soon as I get any food out the flies swarm."

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

“I didn’t think so either. I saw a swarm of bees fly overhead—oh, so many! But fortunately they didn’t land.”

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

It warned cyber-security professionals around the world they needed to adapt to the new normal of swarms of AI agents working at speed in strange and clumsy ways that might lead to more breaches.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Others have expressed concerns that swarms of flies might get into their homes.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

Now, as Kyiv appeals to allies for Patriot interceptors to shoot down missiles, it is leaning on cheap drones to defend cities from drone swarms.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

They propose that magma from a thermal-chemical plume rose through the plate, created the dike swarms, and then reacted with the surrounding mantle rock.

From Science Daily Jul. 18, 2026

A group of teenagers swarms the My Crush Wants to Go Out with Me counter and don’t leave a single bottle on the shelf.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston




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