as in crowding
to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers
vacationers flocked to the towns along the shore in order to escape the August heat
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Recent Examples of flocking
During the Great Depression of the 1930s, film audiences were flocking to gangster fare like Public Enemy, Little Caesar or Scarface – the bad guys bashing the establishment.
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Peter Bart, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2026
Milano or presenting collaborations and immersive installations to engage with the international audience flocking into town.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 20 Apr. 2026
Creative types, including working artists here for the hotel's residency program, musicians scheduled for its onsite performance venue, and food obsessives flocking to its top-notch restaurants.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Apr. 2026
Winters said data centers are flocking to Michigan because of its water, energy, and state tax breaks.
—CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
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Peter Bart, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2026
Milano or presenting collaborations and immersive installations to engage with the international audience flocking into town.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 20 Apr. 2026
Creative types, including working artists here for the hotel's residency program, musicians scheduled for its onsite performance venue, and food obsessives flocking to its top-notch restaurants.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Apr. 2026
Winters said data centers are flocking to Michigan because of its water, energy, and state tax breaks.
—CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flocking
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The hotel’s immersive aesthetic is the work of Venu Juneja, the art and design consultant whose vision animates every corner of the property without crowding it.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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The Emperor’s battle arena, for example, is a marvel of moody set design, its barbarity brought to life by the throngs of people crowding to watch the action from atop its grated roof.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
22 Apr. 2026
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Hezbollah fighters have also inflicted significant casualties on invading Israeli forces.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Watermelon Pictures, the company founded by brothers Badie and Hamza Ali, earned an Oscar nomination this year for The Voice of Hind Rajab, directed by Kaouther Ben Hania, a film set in Gaza based on the true story of a five-year-old Palestinian girl killed in 2024 by invading Israeli forces.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2026
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What To Do About Honeybee Swarms Honey bee colonies reproduce by swarming.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
24 Apr. 2026
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College coaches are already swarming.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
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Everything around him pounding in its pulse, the song of the world thronging in all its discord.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
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Nowhere perhaps was the searing heat more evident than at Melbourne Park, where the usual crowds thronging outside the Australian Open tennis tournament dwindled to a ghost town as temperatures soared.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Flocking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flocking. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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