crowd
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Back in the lounge, her eyes search the crowd for familiar faces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
More than 1,000 supporters turned out in the heat to welcome him mid-afternoon at a military airport in Dakar, where he greeted the crowd from atop a vehicle.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Within minutes of the young man in Kasenyi sending out his note, a crowd had gathered around the four volunteers, heckling them and shouting insults.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
For Messi right now, the emotions arrive tangled together: relief, pressure, family, the crowd, team-mates who love him and want - more than anything - to see him win again.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
The crowd is mostly Black, with a handful of white people.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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He continued to thrill the crowds at Trent Bridge until 1974, but it was in his first season at Notts that produced his most famous hour.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
In the capital Tehran, there was no sign of a return to conflict, with ordinary Iranians thronging cafes to watch the France-Spain World Cup semi-final in huge crowds, AFP journalists saw.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
The exhibit, reflecting an especially vibrant period in Mexican history, has drawn record crowds, exceeding 300,000.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Gov. Janet Mills entered the race months after Platner and dropped out in April after her campaign failed to take off as Platner drew crowds and enthusiasm.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
When the triumphant fliers got back to Moscow, they were swept up in a parade through streets filled with flowers and cheering crowds.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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Studying bacteria one species at a time can reveal direct effects, but the human gut is a crowded ecosystem in which microbes constantly interact.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
She also worries customers will end up parking deeper in the neighborhood, adding pressure to already crowded residential streets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Two crowded ships sank within days of each other off the coast of Myanmar, apparently while heading to Malaysia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
But now the field is crowded, and the top contenders all fell short in other Maine races this year.
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2026
Leah, Maggie, Kate, and some female supporters crowded into the cottage, watching the men work and waiting for evidence of the peddler’s body.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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Back pain, difficult childbirth, dental crowding and sinus infections are not random misfortunes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
On an individual level, Guehi and Palace back then would have benefitted from crowding Haaland out – one of the few ways teams have muted his influence.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Backers argue that the bill would help relieve crowding at shelters, which are often underfunded by local governments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
“Investors increasingly recognize the crowding and ‘same bus’ dynamic,” said UBS’s head of European equity strategy, Gerry Fowler.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
The minute she started taking piles of the shirts into her arms, I ran to her side, and so did the other kids, almost seventy of us crowding around.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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