as in throng
a great number of persons or creatures massed together
a swarm of tourists descends upon the island every summer
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as in to climb
to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling
one of the physical challenges had competitors swarming over a pile of logs
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Recent Examples of swarm
Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Jan. 2025
It was heralded by a swarm of earthquakes, and then the opening of fissures in the floor of the Halema'uma'u caldera.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
Bymartin Enserink, science.org, 6 Feb. 2025
Recurring imagery of swarming flies reinforces the idea of it being rotten from within.
—Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
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Noun
On a cool November evening in New York City, a swarm of hundreds of drones gracefully buzzed over the Hudson River, taking shape above a darkened ship floating in the water.
What followed was a veritable procession of Walt Disney Co. intellectual property, paired with music from Disney classics.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Jan. 2025
It was heralded by a swarm of earthquakes, and then the opening of fissures in the floor of the Halema'uma'u caldera.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
It was approved within 24 hours, and in November more than 200 vaccination teams swarmed out across the camps.
—Bymartin Enserink, science.org, 6 Feb. 2025
Recurring imagery of swarming flies reinforces the idea of it being rotten from within.
—Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swarm
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All manners of gifts are passed up to them from the throng of people in front of their podiums.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN,
4 Feb. 2025
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The video included voiceover of Payne alongside clips of him on stage and waving to throngs of excited fans.—
Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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Of those, 103 were commercial flocks, while the remaining were backyard flocks.—
Rebekah Riess,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025
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Later, a flock of storks came wheeling in high on the thermals, and the camp gathered to watch.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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But Trump’s potential move — described to a crowd that included Musk; Eric Schmidt, formerly of Google; and Michael Klein, the deal-maker mogul — raises questions about the president’s economic priorities.—
Andrew Ross Sorkin,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Next stop for this crowd is the Century for the Puttana of the Century party, with cult deity Joey Arias hosting ($35); dress bordello.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2025
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This isn't surprising, as the PCMark test doesn't effectively utilize the hordes of CPU cores available in the ThinkStation across its two Xeons.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
17 Feb. 2025
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Madigan departed the courthouse just before noon Wednesday, holding hands with two of his daughters and walking out into the falling snow toward his nearby attorneys’ offices, followed by a horde of news cameras.—
Ray Long,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Swarm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swarm. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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