as in throngs
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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The statement from Payne’s school is just one of countless messages of grief that have taken over social media since Argentinian police confirmed his passing, with Zedd, Paris Hilton, Ty Dolla $ign, Rita Ora and more musicians joining hordes of fans in remembering the boy band star online.
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
With hordes of onlookers and press assembled on the street outside the hotel, a fire department van parked as close to the exit door as possible, seemingly to prevent others from viewing the scene as responders worked.
—Sandra Gonzalez and Jessie Yeung, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
Why does this paper constantly run front-page articles indicating that hordes of people are leaving, or want to leave, California or the Bay Area?
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
The trio of heroines hang out on cavernous space stations, travel to outlandish planets and encounter hordes of cat-like aliens.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Ridden by legend Jamie Anderson and hordes of savvy snowboarders around the world, Union’s best-selling Trilogy was our favorite women’s binding in test.
—Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 11 Oct. 2024
The event drew hordes of shoppers hoping to catch a glimpse of the model and household name.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 11 Oct. 2024
And hordes of spectators began to trickle into the stadium, packing the stands an hour before kickoff.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN, 5 Oct. 2024
This new medical paradigm impacted not only how external threats were imagined—the hordes of viruses, spores and prions who now appeared to be always threatening to break through our defences—but also how the internal world of the body was envisioned.
—Elsa Richardson, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
With hordes of onlookers and press assembled on the street outside the hotel, a fire department van parked as close to the exit door as possible, seemingly to prevent others from viewing the scene as responders worked.
—Sandra Gonzalez and Jessie Yeung, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
Why does this paper constantly run front-page articles indicating that hordes of people are leaving, or want to leave, California or the Bay Area?
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
The trio of heroines hang out on cavernous space stations, travel to outlandish planets and encounter hordes of cat-like aliens.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Ridden by legend Jamie Anderson and hordes of savvy snowboarders around the world, Union’s best-selling Trilogy was our favorite women’s binding in test.
—Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 11 Oct. 2024
The event drew hordes of shoppers hoping to catch a glimpse of the model and household name.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 11 Oct. 2024
And hordes of spectators began to trickle into the stadium, packing the stands an hour before kickoff.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN, 5 Oct. 2024
This new medical paradigm impacted not only how external threats were imagined—the hordes of viruses, spores and prions who now appeared to be always threatening to break through our defences—but also how the internal world of the body was envisioned.
—Elsa Richardson, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
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