crowds

Example Sentences

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AFP journalists saw several people arrested by police, who also fired tear gas to disperse the growing crowds.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Authorities have barred fans without tickets from coming within several blocks of the Manhattan venue, and have banned watch parties directly outside -- a break from the first two playoff games, which drew jubilant crowds.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Before 1994, European teams rarely visited the U.S.; now the biggest clubs in the world make annual barnstorming tours across the country, regularly drawing crowds of more than 70,000.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

It's a tradition repeated in stadiums across the world, with crowds of spectators rising up in a rippling roar.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Large crowds flocked to his exciting speeches, in which he vividly told the story of his early life in bondage and escape from the cruelty he had known.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis