as in climbed
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 swarmed
Joe Kinsey Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
4 July 2026
At the Castle Clinton National Monument, attendees swarmed for a flag raising ceremony which will be followed by an annual Independence Day parade.
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Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
4 July 2026
And about month after he was taken, federal immigration agents swarmed Charlotte and the very neighborhood that held Omar’s cherished memories.
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Julia Coin
updated July 2,
Charlotte Observer,
2 July 2026
People swarmed to test out the new courts last Friday after a brief ribbon cutting ceremony.
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Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
2 July 2026
Kansas City was swarmed with tens of thousands of Dutch fans for a pre-game march.
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Becky Sullivan,
NPR,
28 June 2026
Others swarmed a civilian pickup truck that was giving out bread and water, until a soldier intervened.
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ABC News,
27 June 2026
Others swarmed a civilian pickup truck that was giving out loaves of bread and water.
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Arkansas Online,
27 June 2026
Police swarmed the neighborhood in the moments before the arrest.
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Dan Snyder,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
Verb
When the decision on trans athletes was made the other day by the Supreme Court were the Justices swarmed by an angry mob and beheaded on the spot?
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Joe Kinsey Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
4 July 2026
At the Castle Clinton National Monument, attendees swarmed for a flag raising ceremony which will be followed by an annual Independence Day parade.
—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
4 July 2026
And about month after he was taken, federal immigration agents swarmed Charlotte and the very neighborhood that held Omar’s cherished memories.
—
Julia Coin
updated July 2,
Charlotte Observer,
2 July 2026
People swarmed to test out the new courts last Friday after a brief ribbon cutting ceremony.
—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
2 July 2026
Kansas City was swarmed with tens of thousands of Dutch fans for a pre-game march.
—
Becky Sullivan,
NPR,
28 June 2026
Others swarmed a civilian pickup truck that was giving out bread and water, until a soldier intervened.
—
ABC News,
27 June 2026
Others swarmed a civilian pickup truck that was giving out loaves of bread and water.
—
Arkansas Online,
27 June 2026
Police swarmed the neighborhood in the moments before the arrest.
—
Dan Snyder,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swarmed
Verb
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The club has enjoyed an eight-game sellout streak as fans have flocked to fill the team’s 7,200-capacity stadium in Garden City.
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Morning mist coated the nearby Rhone River that snakes through the Alpine valley as worshippers flocked in.
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Astrophotographer Efrain Morales captured spectacular footage of China's Tiangong space station as its silhouette buzzed Tycho Crater during a lunar transit on May 29, one night before May's Blue Moon.
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The crowd at the party buzzed around one of that show’s key players, Lindsay Hubbard, who was in attendance.
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The cinematic denoument revived some measure of hope in a reeling nation, where the official casualty count announced Saturday climbed to 2,954 dead and 16,592 injured, with thousands remaining missing.
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On July 1, Russian daredevils climbed to the tip of the building's spire before getting engaged, and then arrested.
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Overnight, the faithful crowded the mosque complex where the bodies of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his family lie in state.
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Fans crowded along barricades hoping to see a glimpse of the stars.
Verb
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However, the extravagant nature of such spending appears to be a bubble that has now burst, especially given the obvious failure to build a domestic talent pool.
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When fire crews arrived on scene, the fire had consumed multiple rooms and had burst through the roof of one of the three hotel buildings.
Verb
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Once it was passed in October, cities, homeowners, developers and even politicians scrambled to figure out the ramifications.
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But Riyad Mahrez’s goal scrambled that — and his daughter’s TikTok video.
Verb
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The 20-yard screamer deflected off keeper Luca Zidane’s fingertips and bulged the back of the net.
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Her stomach bulged beneath her I ❤ FLORIDA boatneck and her face was round and waxy-pale.
Verb
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Cars honked their horns and cyclists pulled over to tune in as flags fluttered in the wind, fans clambered to see the screen, and people hugged and shouted.
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Three mules ferrying bags of cement clambered past us on their own dirt track that ran shorter and even steeper up to the top.
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“Swarmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swarmed. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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