as in flood
a large group of animals or people moving together in a quick and disordered way
During the morning rush hour, the coffee shop gets hit with a stampede of customers.
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as in to dart
to move together in a quick and disordered manner and usually in a large group
At the sound of the lunch bell, all five hundred students in the building stampeded toward the cafeteria.
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Recent Examples of stampede
Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Scores of civilians in search of aid have been killed or injured both by stampedes and by live fire from some combination of the IDF, Hamas, and criminal gangs.
—Jacob J. Lew, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2025
Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 15 May 2025
Lorde fans stampeded through the streets of Lower Manhattan as news spread like wildfire that the notoriously elusive musician would offer a one-time pop-up concert.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
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Noun
People crushed or suffocated in stampedes.
—Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Scores of civilians in search of aid have been killed or injured both by stampedes and by live fire from some combination of the IDF, Hamas, and criminal gangs.
—Jacob J. Lew, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
Buffalo stampede The thing to know: The Dolphins, as usual, will be stampeded by Buffalo twice.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 15 May 2025
Lorde fans stampeded through the streets of Lower Manhattan as news spread like wildfire that the notoriously elusive musician would offer a one-time pop-up concert.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stampede
Noun
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The text records royal decrees including tax relief during poor Nile floods; donations to temples; the creation of a new priestly office; a festival tied to the heliacal rising of Sirius; and a calendar reform introducing a leap day every four years.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
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Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The journalist’s eyes dart from side to side.—
Sara Stridsberg
September 15,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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In a surveillance video released by authorities, Robinson allegedly darts across the roof after firing the single shot, jimmies down to a ledge and jumps to the grass below.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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When the particle deposits here, protective alveolar macrophages rush to engulf it.—
Bill Frist,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The Blackhawks and Kaiser’s agent had been negotiating for some time this offseason, but neither side had been in a rush, with the 23-year-old Kaiser having no arbitration rights.—
Scott Powers,
New York Times,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The father and daughter duo jogged alongside each other into the facility.—
Nasha Smith,
PEOPLE,
17 Sep. 2025
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On an overcast afternoon last week, people jogged and rode bikes down what had once been called the Great Highway.—
Janie Har,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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The generative AI boom has unleashed a torrent of new startups, each promising to disrupt industries with the power of artificial intelligence.—
Sajal Singh,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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All new parents know that precious moments with your firstborn come in dribs and drabs and then in a torrent.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
18 Sep. 2025
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Room for two, a supple ride, a gorgeous view over a curved hood, perfect flow of air up and over the windshield and cockpit with virtually no backsplash to disrupt pleasant conversation, and the ability at any time to experience a rush of power and speed when the moment calls.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The experience has also underscored the importance of social media in Nepal, as well as the consequences of government attempts to control the flow of online information.—
Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025
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