throng
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“Good thing I don’t have social anxiety,” DeVaux quipped as she stepped in front of the throng.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 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
As midnight nears with the party in full swing, the waitress joins the throng on the dancefloor, swept up by the tunes -- until a power cut brings the music to a halt.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
A throng of women assembled outside to show their support, and she acknowledged them with a slight nod and a hand on her heart.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
A writhing body surfed along the top of the throng up ahead.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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