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Recent Examples of thronged
Behind Anthropic’s meteoric rise are the developers who thronged the London hall this week, eating free lunch and dinner, and accepting complimentary mini computers.
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Billy Perrigo, Time, 22 May 2026
In a cell-phone video of the opening, the space was thronged with people.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 15 May 2026
Afterward, thousands of giddy fans thronged the malecón, Havana’s seaside promenade, laughing and drinking rum.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
In Budapest, Hungarians thronged the bank of the Danube across from the city’s majestic neo-Gothic parliament, cheering, waving flags and popping Champagne.
—Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026
Gingham is the ultimate European-summer print, and this playful shorts set is perfect for picnics by the Eiffel Tower or, better yet, along the Canal Saint Martin or in the Buttes Chaumont Park, which are less thronged by tourists.
—Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2026
In Chula Vista, protesters thronged to a sidewalk outside a Red Lobster on H Street, amid a din of whistles and car horns.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026
The quayside, now planted with fast-maturing plane trees and creeper climbing the sandstone walls, is thronged on any sunny day with joggers, walkers and their dogs.
—Marie Patino, Bloomberg, 20 Mar. 2026
In mere hours, central Madrid’s historic coffee spot, Café Comercial, will be thronged with content creators, micro-influencers and ‘cool kids’ attending the first in a rolling series of YSL Beauty activations, each envisioned as a block party.
—Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2026
Billy Perrigo, Time, 22 May 2026
In a cell-phone video of the opening, the space was thronged with people.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 15 May 2026
Afterward, thousands of giddy fans thronged the malecón, Havana’s seaside promenade, laughing and drinking rum.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
In Budapest, Hungarians thronged the bank of the Danube across from the city’s majestic neo-Gothic parliament, cheering, waving flags and popping Champagne.
—Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026
Gingham is the ultimate European-summer print, and this playful shorts set is perfect for picnics by the Eiffel Tower or, better yet, along the Canal Saint Martin or in the Buttes Chaumont Park, which are less thronged by tourists.
—Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2026
In Chula Vista, protesters thronged to a sidewalk outside a Red Lobster on H Street, amid a din of whistles and car horns.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026
The quayside, now planted with fast-maturing plane trees and creeper climbing the sandstone walls, is thronged on any sunny day with joggers, walkers and their dogs.
—Marie Patino, Bloomberg, 20 Mar. 2026
In mere hours, central Madrid’s historic coffee spot, Café Comercial, will be thronged with content creators, micro-influencers and ‘cool kids’ attending the first in a rolling series of YSL Beauty activations, each envisioned as a block party.
—Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thronged
Verb
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An unprecedented number of tourists have flocked to Japan in recent years, but some residents have become fed up by foreigners' unruly behavior.—
Frank Andrews,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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At first the bet paid off andAmericans flocked to the island.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 May 2026
Verb
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But the market for easy design tools is crowded with competitors such as Figma, Adobe and Microsoft launching compelling offerings.—
Ellen Sheng,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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Earth’s orbit is getting crowded, and not just physically.—
Margherita Bassi,
Interesting Engineering,
19 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Thronged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thronged. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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