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as in throng
a great number of persons or creatures massed together
a flock of obstreperous reporters at the press conference
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Recent Examples of flock
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2026
Armand tries on personalities — clingy boyfriend, conniving mastermind — and flocks to love interests like new rock star Lestat goes through vats of body glitter.
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Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
1 July 2026
Daniel Milowski,
The Conversation,
29 June 2026
Fans started to flock back to SAP Center with their young megastar Macklin Celebrini becoming the franchise’s dream of a drawing card.
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Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
28 June 2026
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Noun
But most owners do not keep a flock for the math, which is exactly why the trend keeps growing even as eggs get cheaper.
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Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2026
Armand tries on personalities — clingy boyfriend, conniving mastermind — and flocks to love interests like new rock star Lestat goes through vats of body glitter.
—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
1 July 2026
Verb
These new postwar highways prioritized fast travel between major cities and their suburbs, where Americans were flocking to in large numbers.
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Daniel Milowski,
The Conversation,
29 June 2026
Fans started to flock back to SAP Center with their young megastar Macklin Celebrini becoming the franchise’s dream of a drawing card.
—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
28 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flock
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Tour guides in tricorn hats and colonial garb brought throngs of tourists to sites along the Freedom Trail, including the Granary Burying Ground, the Old North Church, and Paul Revere’s home.
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Tomorrow may be even more surreal, with another day of oppressive heat and throngs of tourists in town to see what the president has billed as the biggest fireworks display in human history.
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Their strategy focuses on low-cost drone swarms, maximizing pilot effectiveness.
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Every wedding, every cherry blossom season in Japan, every birth, reactor accidents too, swarms of insects, kittens playing with woolen balls, people disfigured by war, palm trees at sunset—five billion photos a day.
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Other pictures on unofficial Telegram channels showed residents crowding into underground stations.
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Immigrants crowded waiting rooms and spilled into hallways as clerks raced to process around 100 people scheduled for an administrative hearing that morning.
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With plenty of nervous energy, hordes of United States fans packed into KC Live!
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And now, Swift’s fans are set to descend on the city, accompanied by hordes of media who until recently had little to no concrete information about the hush-hush affair.
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The park's 40-plus miles of hiking trails allow visitors to explore the ancient landscape and the animals that live in it, including a herd of bison.
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Vast herds of zebra, wildebeest, and gazelle moved across the horizon.
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Moisture invades your porch cushions and flooring, leading to the growth of mold, mildew, and algae.
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Various types of cancer, in which malignant tumors invade surrounding tissues, contributed to between 13,000 and 20,000 deaths annually in this time frame.
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Schjelderup jumped on his back, and the rest of the Norway team began to mob him.
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Balogun’s version went much faster on the pitch at Levi’s Stadium, perhaps accelerated by adrenaline or the need to complete the gesture before being mobbed by his teammates.
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“Flock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flock. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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