throng
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Former Manchester United and England captain Beckham, 51, told a throng of fans on the sun-kissed boulevard it was a "truly incredible moment."
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Uche Okeke memorializes the Aba Women’s War of 1929, one of the first major anticolonial uprisings in Nigeria, with a throng of seething figures, their strength and determination reflected in vigorous brushstrokes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
Trying to make my way through the throng of movie stars, filmmakers and other luminaries was almost like an Olympic event.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2026
The throng of reporters camped out around Tucson is beginning to thin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
If Wick really was putting throng haints into Robbie’s paintings like the Sorrows said, he would surely send them after Sierra and her family first.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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As I walked through downtown, I marveled at how the overwhelmingly Gen Z throngs expressed their mexicanidad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
On game nights, throngs of supporters donning Knicks gear have been spilling out of packed bars, projecting the game onto the sides of buildings, and holding impromptu watch parties.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia joined throngs of devotees waving Spanish and Vatican flags in Cibeles Square for a service filled with religious symbolism.
From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026
And there was certainly nothing abnormal about the airport being crowded with throngs of people still in their pajamas ahead of a 7 a.m. flight.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2026
A mummer on stilts was striding through the throngs like some great insect, with a horde of barefoot children trailing behind him, hooting.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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There are two main fires being fought, including one in the la Faisanderie area, usually thronged with visitors in summer, not far from the town of Fontainebleau.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Afterward, thousands of giddy fans thronged the malecón, Havana’s seaside promenade, laughing and drinking rum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
The other recreated a storefront thronged by smiling people moving to Bad Bunny’s beats.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2026
Nearby, a small band of protesters thronged the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 24, 2026
Crowds always thronged the airport when a big plane was coming or going, and most of the people seemed to have no business there except hope.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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In the capital Tehran, there was no sign of a return to conflict, with ordinary Iranians thronging cafes to watch the France-Spain World Cup semi-final in huge crowds, AFP journalists saw.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Further evidence of a paradigm shift: Enthusiastic theatergoers thronging to “Malinche the Musical,” the brainchild of Nacho Cano, a Spanish rock star turned impresario.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2026
Taken on Saturday, it shows shoppers thronging to similar stalls in a northern suburb of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, while a column of black smoke rises ominously in the background.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025
No nest in sight, but a bunch of them, thronging the porch.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2024
They crammed their pockets with the last of the sweets and joined the crowd thronging the corridor.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
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