1
: a group of animals driven or moving in a body
2
: a large number : crowd
—usually used in plural especially with in
came in droves
drove
2 of 2past tense of drive
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Noun
people flocked to the annual festival in droves
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Kazuma Hashimoto, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
Luke Miller, the owner of the family-run company Real New York Tours, said his business was being decimated after droves of mainly Canadian visitors canceled following Mr. Trump’s announcement on tariffs.
—Ceylan Yeğinsu, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
American politicians will come in droves and agitate for Greenland to be American.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
Axing droves of research isn’t like canceling a subscription, said Antoinette Flores, a former Education Department official in Washington, D.C., who uncovered the discrepancies.
—Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The classic Super Shotgun feels incredible to use in tandem with the shield, blasting your way through droves of lesser demons before lobbing the shield to make the hoards explode in bursts of blood.
—Kazuma Hashimoto, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
Luke Miller, the owner of the family-run company Real New York Tours, said his business was being decimated after droves of mainly Canadian visitors canceled following Mr. Trump’s announcement on tariffs.
—Ceylan Yeğinsu, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
American politicians will come in droves and agitate for Greenland to be American.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
Axing droves of research isn’t like canceling a subscription, said Antoinette Flores, a former Education Department official in Washington, D.C., who uncovered the discrepancies.
—Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Drove.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drove. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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