as in swarm
a great number of persons or creatures massed together
a horde of mosquitoes hordes of tourists from the cruise ship crowded the shops and cafes
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That the first 28 Years Later ended its somber meditation on grief with a scene of Sir Lord Jimmy Crystal (Jack O’Connell) and his acolytes doing Power Rangers moves on a horde of the infected suggested that the next movie would be a more lighthearted affair.
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2026
Where Game of Thrones the HBO series was a fantasy juggernaut with sweeping shots of warrior hordes and big twists, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is told from a single viewpoint as Sir Duncan the Tall and his squire Egg wander through Westeros while the Targaryen dynasty rules the Iron Throne.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 12 Jan. 2026
Payton wants to see members of his current staff get those same opportunities, but the horde of interviews this week for members of Denver’s staff also helped frame the importance of what lies ahead for the Broncos.
—Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Theme parks use hordes of performers to bring their worlds to life.
—Sasha Richie, Dallas Morning News, 9 Jan. 2026
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2026
Where Game of Thrones the HBO series was a fantasy juggernaut with sweeping shots of warrior hordes and big twists, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is told from a single viewpoint as Sir Duncan the Tall and his squire Egg wander through Westeros while the Targaryen dynasty rules the Iron Throne.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 12 Jan. 2026
Payton wants to see members of his current staff get those same opportunities, but the horde of interviews this week for members of Denver’s staff also helped frame the importance of what lies ahead for the Broncos.
—Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Theme parks use hordes of performers to bring their worlds to life.
—Sasha Richie, Dallas Morning News, 9 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horde
Noun
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The design can scale to larger swarms.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Feb. 2026
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Last night, at Esdeekid’s New York debut, a swarm of twentysomething fans recited every word of the rising artist’s still-brief discography.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
7 Feb. 2026
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Diabate went right back at Duren, and a throng of bodies assembled.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Feb. 2026
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The 59-year-old grumbled that gladhanding throngs of supporters in dusty villages had left him prey to bugs and viruses.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
9 Feb. 2026
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At one point, a song disparaging Noem and serving as an anti-ICE anthem that’s been widely circulated on social media could be heard coming from a crowd gathered outside the stadium.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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The box defrosted after the game in front of a crowd that gathered on all sides in the final minutes of the countdown.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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According to the agriculture department, testing has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds, as well as within backyard flocks and commercial flocks statewide.—
Bryan Hendricks,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
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The bird flu outbreak strain, H5N1, which started among poultry flocks and wild birds in Europe in the fall of 2020 before moving to the United States, Africa, the Middle East and Asia, has become the nation's largest such outbreak.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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By the time Victor Villa arrived at his restaurant Villa’s Tacos in Highland Park on Monday afternoon, a mob of press surrounded him, a line of customers had stretched down the block since daybreak, and cars and TV-news satellite trucks circled the parking lot, double parked in front of red curbs.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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Again and again, Jewish tradition warns against mob logic — against the false safety of blending into collective outrage.—
Rabbi Bruce D. Forman,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Horde.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horde. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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