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[thrawng, throng] / θrɔŋ, θrɒŋ /


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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

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

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

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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