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[kroud] / kraʊd /




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The mostly middle-aged crowd featured men in boat shoes and women with jewelry at an outdoor space where boats docked near the restaurant.

From Slate Aug. 25, 2026

A crowd gathered outside Flock’s conference, in the shadow of Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium, carrying signs and chanting “Block Flock!” and “Stop spying on us!”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

He’s hopeful that the establishment’s popularity will eventually wane with the ritzy crowd.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

As a result of this, the crowd waned throughout their performance, with the duo reduced to desperate pleas: “What happened to the hand claps?”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

Everyone in the crowd is jumping up and down, losing their minds, me most of all.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Pint-holding crowds standing outside “adds to the buzz of the area,” said George O’Mahoney, 27, who regularly enjoys an after-work pint.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Elsewhere, the paper's picture slot shows huge crowds gathered in London to pay tribute to former Cambridge professor Jason Arday who was found dead last week.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

The only real crowds are to be found in the daytime -- at banks, cheap bakeries and outside the Spanish consulate, where hundreds clutch papers and wait to get off the island.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

The New York and L.A. crowds are similar.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

A pile of phone and computer chargers crowds a coffee table along with a familiar triangular box.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

"It's a very crowded market," said Joost van Dreunen, a professor at New York University's Stern School of Business and a specialist in the economics of video games.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

Also in the room are four young engineers crowded around a console, trying to crack the code for a prototype, a new robot that they hope will help build other robots.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

At least 20 more crowded by the pickup stand.

From Slate Aug. 24, 2026

Rep. Byron Donalds, a member of the House Freedom Caucus, easily won the GOP’s gubernatorial nomination with 49% of the vote despite a crowded field that featured tough competitors, including Lt.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Anna May steered us along the crowded sidewalk toward the four-story building.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

He called on the supporters of Khan, who remains a dominant political personality, to abide by the party's agreement with the court that there "must not be any crowding or commotion".

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

September, though, “may be a different conversation,” as seasonality gets harder, and position crowding becomes a possibility.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

To be sure, AI might be sucking up so many resources that it is actually crowding out other parts of the economy, as the WSJ noted.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Jonathan answered our questions inside a narrow room in a breeze block house, with his lieutenants crowding in.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

In a few minutes another lot of guards came crowding in as escort to a thin-faced man with an air of authority.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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